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Private JOHN SYDNEY SHEARS

Service Number: 236670
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Herefordshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE

Sp. Mem. B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Bishop (formerly Shears), of Westhope Hill, Canon Pyon, Hereford. Native of Pembridge, Herefordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 612
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