Private 17687 Joseph Edward MEAR

This man’s name is inscribed on the Austrey Roll of Honour. Although he was not a casualty of WWI, he obviously did serve his country. The limited information we have on this man is below.

• Enlisted in Atherstone
• Served in the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry in France and Salonika
• Evacuated from Salonika July 1918 after “cutting his own throat”
• Discharged May 1919
• Awarded Star, Victory and British medals

• Born 1 Dec 1887 Chilcote, Derbyshire
• Employed as a miner at Baddesley and later a farm worker
• Married Alice Randall in 1927
• Died in Lichfield in 1947

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