William Rea

Memoriam found in the Belfast Telegraph, Thursday, October 6, 1921 Rea - In loving memory of my dear husband Rifleman William Rea, R.A.M.C., (late 10th Batt. R.I.R), died of Bronchial Pnemonia and was buried in Micra Cemetery, Salonika on the 6th October 1918. "Gone to the grave through the pathway of duty, giving his life so others might live" Ever remembered by his sorrowing wife and daughter, Hannah and Irene T. Rea, 12 Windsor Street, Belfast. William Rea was actually interred in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA - The following details are from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Name: REA Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps Unit Text: 63rd Gen. Hosp. Age: 43 Date of Death: 06/10/1918 Service No: 145229 Additional information: Son of Charles and Elizabeth Rea; husband of Hannah Rea, of 12, Windsor St., Belfast Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 450. Cemetery: MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA Location Information: Mikra British Cemetery is situated approximately 8 kilometres south of Thessaloniki, in the municipality of Kalamaria (behind the army camp of Ntalipi). . Access is via the main entrance on Vryoylon Street, directly opposite the communal cemetery of Kalamaria.