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Brigadier WILLIAM ANTHONY SHEIL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1945

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

61. D. 2.

Germany

Famous casualties: headstone of Brigadier W A Sheil CBE, DSO & Bar, in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Photographer: Unknown

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Commands and Staff General Staff
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order and Bar
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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