John Rees

The photograph is shared by the Trust with kind permission from the 11th Armoured Division Facebook Group and its Black Bull Research Team.

Remembering John Rees, reported Missing, now Presumed Killed in Action, 28 June 1944. His body was never found so he is commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial to the Missing, Calvados.

FALLEN HEROES

JOHN REES
Army • PRIVATE
Monmouthshire Regiment
3rd Battalion
DIED | 28 June 1944
AGE | 22
SERVICE NO. | 4081438

FALLEN HEROES

JOHN REES
Army • PRIVATE
Monmouthshire Regiment
3rd Battalion
DIED | 28 June 1944
AGE | 22
SERVICE NO. | 4081438

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