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Private W J SHEARING

Service Number: 49844
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

V. A. 38.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Rosanna Shearing; husband of Helen Shearing, of Shipdham, Thetford, Norfolk. Native of Garboldisham, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1820
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