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Lance Serjeant RICHARD SHEARD

Service Number: 888855
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

69 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

III. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Arthur and Alice Sheard, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND A BRITISH SOLDIER'S NOBLE END
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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