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Gnr. Wilfred Alexander Eli Hares
British Army 32nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Torquay, Devon
Wilf Hares was born in Devon in 1889. He served in the Royal Garrison Artillery, as Lance Bombardier with 250 Seige Battery, and, under 2nd Lieut George Warwick, with 32 Seige Battery as Gnr 117162 W A E Hares, attested 21st of May 1916, arrived in France 31st of January 1918. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals.
He married Nora Prowse in 1924. Wilf passed away in 1942 at the age of 52 from spinal cancer as a result of shrapnel in his spine. Nora emigrated to Canada with their daughter Muriel and baby granddaughter Carole in 1945.

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