GEEAR, Edward James
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Known as:
Paddy
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Queens Own Royal West Kent
Service:
Army
Number:
6344312
Born:
1921
Died :
Saturday, December 27, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Lance Sergeant Edward Geear, 4 troop, was killed in action during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
Husband of Eveline (nee Carter) and father of baby Patricia.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Commando Association newsletter 109 (1999).
Notice of his death in the Hastings and St Leonards Observer 10 January 1942.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
[Image] Andy Miles, great nephew.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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