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Private E SHEARS

Service Number: 4897
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. F. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Isabella Slater (formerly Shears), of 7, Villiers St., Wood Top, Burnley, and the late John Shears.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON GREAT SHALL BE HIS REWARD IN HEAVEN
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Buried or commemorated at

HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 231
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