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303885 Royal Air Force
Edward Bear was born in Sudbury on 11 April 1884, the son of William Lewis and Maria Bear. Both his parents were employed as silk weavers. The family lived at 18 Garden Row, before later moving to 7 Inkerman Row.
At the age of 16 Edward was employed as a butcher’s assistant but he is recorded as a warehouseman by the time he enlisted with the Royal Air Force on 3 October 1918 where he served as a Batman. On enlisting Edward was recorded as 5ft 8⅜ ins in height, with a chest measurement of 37½ ins, grey blue eyes and a fresh complexion.
Edward died aged 34 on 8 March 1919 at the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot. He was buried on 15 March 1919 (Plot DD 113) in Sudbury
Cemetery.
A Cross of Remembrance is laid by his grave every year at Remembrancetide.
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