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Lance Corporal GEORGE WILLIAM SHERMAN

Service Number: G/5403
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION

II. D. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Sherman, of 5, Bartlet St., South Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription I LOVED MY BOY GOD LOVED HIM BUT THOUGHT IT BEST TO TAKE HIM TO REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 764
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