SOAR S.

Samuel Soar  M.M.

Corporal 21151

14th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers


Notts Free Press, 5th October 1917

Samuel Soar died on Sunday 2nd September 1917, aged 22 years, and was commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

He was the son of Edward and Susannah Soar, and was born 31st March 1895 at Stoneyford Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield.

 

 Samuel Soar was awarded the
Military Medal in May 1916

The reverse of the medal states ~

"For bravery in the field"

 

 


Notts Free Press, 5th October 1917

 

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 6th September 1918

Soar - In Ever-Loving memory of Corporal Samuel Soar, the beloved son of Edward and Susannah Soar, who was killed in Action, in France, September 2nd 1917, aged 22 years. "Not our will, but Thine, O Lord, be done." - From his loving Father, Mother, Jennie, Charlie and Meg.

 

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – The Royal Welsh Fusiliers’

SOAR Samuel. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Mansfield, Notts. 14th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Cpl 21151, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 2nd September 1916.  M.M.

 

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