b. ? d. ?
DATE OF EM ACTION: 02/04/1915 Faversham, Kent.
Little is known about the life of John Sears, other than he was part of the Faversham Explosion on the 2nd April 1915, which led to him being awarded the Edward Medal.
EM CITATION:
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the 2nd Class to Mr. George Evetts, Mr. William Edmund Bethell, Mr. Urbane Charles Beach, Mr. John Harrison, Mr. John Sears, Mr. William Wallace, Mr. George Gilham, and Private William James Wiltshire, on account of their gallant action on the occasion of an explosion which occurred at Faversham on the 2nd of April, 1915.
BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
