Back to search results

Trooper WILLIAM SHAWCROSS

Service Number: 14602666
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

49th (West Riding) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

VIII. A. 8.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Phyllis Shawcross, of Warrington, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS UNFINISHED LIFE SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (2)

Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Concentration (2)

Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Headstone (1)

Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 693
View cemetery details