Service Details
Name:
 MACLEAR
Given Name:
 BASIL GEORGE HOPELINEN
Initials:
 B G H
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Grenadier Guards
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Unit:
 4th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-26
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Date of Birth:
 1885-10-11
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 31 May 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry and ability. When ordered to establish communication with another battalion, he did so over 250 yards of ground in the face of very heavy shell fire, establishing bombing posts as he proceeded."
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Rev. Canon G. F. Maclear, D.D. (Warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, Kent). Left his farm in Cape Province, South Africa (where he had been since 1904), Aug., 1915 to serve. See http://www.hambo.org/kingscanterbury/view_man.php?id=195
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. Z. 19.

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