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Lieutenant WILLIAM SHEARER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

315th Army Bde.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARPONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Kerr Shearer, of 49, Arlington St., Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HARPONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 138
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