Private Ronald A R Gear

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Private Ronald A R Gear

08 May 1923 - 11 Apr 1945

Photo of Pte Gear with a pal, c.1944

Portrait of Ronald Gear in Hampshire Regiment uniform, c.1942

Portrait of Ronald Gear as a boy with his grandfather

Pte Gear, pictured in Italy, 1943

Pte Gear on a home visit shortly after Parachute qualification, Summer 1943

Groesbeek Memorial to the Missing, Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, nr Arnhem

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Airborne Christmas Card from Pte Gear, December 1943

Letter from Pte Gear to his sister from North Africa, 12 July 1943

Letter from Pte Gear to his sister, Summer 1944

Letter from Pte Gear to his sister after a spell in hospital, 10 May 1944

Newspaper cuttings about Pte Gear after he was declared Missing In Action, October 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents soon after he became a Prisoner of War, 2 October 1944

War Office notification to the family of Pte Gear confirming he was Missing In Action, 10 October 1944

Letter from Pte Gear to his parents whilst a POW, 10 October 1944

War Office Letter to next of kin on the first notification of Pte Gear as a Prisoner of War, 12 October 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 18 October 1944

Letter from Pte Gear to his parents whilst a POW, 23 October 1944

Letter from Pte Gear to his parents whilst a POW, 30 October 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 5 November 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 12 November 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his sister as a Prisoner of War, 12 November 1944

Letter from Pte Gear to his parents whilst a POW, 19 November 1944

War Office notification to the family of Pte Gear confirming his capture as a Prisoner of War, 28 November 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 3 December 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 10 December 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 18 December 1944

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 31 December 1944

Commemorative certificate to the death of Pte Gear, 1945

Campaign medals awarded to Pte Gear, 1945

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 28 January 1945

Postcard from Pte Gear to his sister as a Prisoner of War, 2 February 1945

Letter from Pte Gear to his family whilst a POW, 12 February 1945

Letter from Pte Gear to his parents whilst a POW, 25 February 1945

Postcard from Pte Gear to his parents as a Prisoner of War, 11 March 1945

War Office Death Certificate for Pte Gear as a Prisoner of War, August 1945

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