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Sergeant WILLIAM GILCHRIST DUFFERIN SHEARER

Service Number: 1564464
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

15 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

3. C. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Gilchrist Shearer and Elizabeth Dufferin Shearer, of Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 729
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