George Percy LEAR

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

George Percy LEAR

Private 4487 & 266730 George Percy LEAR of 1st / 5th Bn., Cheshire Regiment

Killed in Action Saturday 1st July 1916, France & Flanders, age 22

Of: 238 Muslin Street^*, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire

Born: 1894, Westbury, Wiltshire

Parents: Kate Lear and George Lear of 238 Muslin Street^*, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital status: Single

Occupation: Spreader Leather Cloth

He enlisted in: Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered on: Thiepval Memorial Somme, France, Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A

Link with Hyde: Lived in Hyde

Notes:

In the 1921 Cenotaph Unveiling Booklet his name is given as Percy Lear.

A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:

In loving memory of Pte. Percy Lear of 5th Cheshires, who was reported missing and now resting among the unknown heroes in a foreign land.
From father, mother, brothers and sisters.

* Muslin Street is now Talbot Road. See our notes on Old Place Names.

Of:	238 Muslin Street^*, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:	1894, Westbury, Wiltshire
Parents:	Kate Lear and George Lear of 238 Muslin Street^*, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:	Single
Occupation:	Spreader Leather Cloth
He enlisted in:	Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered on:	Thiepval Memorial Somme, France, Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A
Link with Hyde:	Lived in Hyde