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Private W D SHEARS

Service Number: 290282
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

VIII. F. 19.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Christopher Shears, of 7, Clifton Cottages, Chute St., Newtown, Exeter; husband of Clara Louisa Shears, of 4, Widgery Rd., Polsloe Bridge, Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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