The story
Lionel Harry Searle L H S Rapley, Sapper served with Royal Engineers, 966 (I.W.T.) Coy..
Service number: '1804759'. Date of death: 1944-06-07. Age: 36. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XIV. M. 22..
SON OF HARRY AND CHARLOTTE RAPLEY; HUSBAND OF MARY GWENDOLINE RAPLEY, OF ROBERTSBRIDGE, SUSSEX.
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