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Sapper CECIL ALEXANDER SHEARER

Service Number: 2020260
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 03 December 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 22.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Esther Rosa Shearer, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF CECIL, OUR DEARLY LOVED SON. YOU ARE IN HEAVEN'S SUNLIGHT, GOD IS WITH YOU AND US
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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