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<div>Here is the relevant page: see under 'Weymouth'.</div>
<div>I am afraid it does not say whether he was a ringer.</div>
<div>Mark</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 07, 2019 at 1:13 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "David Willis dcwillispiano@yahoo.com [bellhistorians]" <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><br/>
<b>To:</b> "Bell Historians" <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><br/>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Rolls of Honour search</div>
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<div>Can someone give me a hand please.</div>
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<div>I am on second time round looking at on line newspapers to find ringers who fell during the wars. I would like to read the article that is suggested by FindMyPast but just cannot find it ..</div>
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<div>Local & District News</div>
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<div> the fighting forces. Pte. Leonard Percy Roper, has been reported missing at Singapore, but it is hoped that may be a prisoner of war. Pte. Roper 30 years of age. and is married. His father was killed in the last war.</div>
<div>24 April 1942 - Western Gazette - Yeovil, Somerset, England</div>
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<div>Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour</div>
<div>First name(s)<span> </span>Leonard Percy</div>
<div>Last name<span> </span>Roper</div>
<div>Birth year<span> </span>1912</div>
<div>Age<span> </span>30</div>
<div>Death year<span> </span>1942</div>
<div>Death date<span> </span>14 Feb 1942</div>
<div>Number<span> </span>6029000</div>
<div>Rank<span> </span>Private</div>
<div>Unit<span> </span>4th Bn.</div>
<div>Regiment<span> </span>Suffolk Regiment</div>
<div>Grave reference<span> </span>11. D. 8.</div>
<div>Cemetery or Memorial<span> </span>Kranji War Cemetery</div>
<div>Burial country<span> </span>Singapore</div>
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<div>The article may tell me if he was a ringer.</div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
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