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Private R B GEAKE

Service Number: 34242
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XII. F. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rosetta J. Geake, of 3, Stoke Terrace, Kelly Bray, Callington, Cornwall, and the late Richard Geake. Born at Downgate, Callington.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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