STEALEY, JOHN HERALD
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Private
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17/09/1944
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Devonshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
II. A. 7.
Always thoughtful, always kind what beautiful memories you left behind
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Son of John and Esther H. Stealey, of Longsight, Manchester.
John Harold Stealey served with the 2nd Battalion Devons. On the 17th of September 1944 his unit was part of an operation called “Market Garden”. The Devons were clearing the flanks for the Irish Guards during their race to reach Arnhem. Next to the road from Lommel, Belgium, toward Valkenswaard, John Stealey was killed.
On the 8th of April 2016, Kyle Stealey visited the grave of his grand uncle.
Original gravesite along the road from Belgium towards Valkenswaard.