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Private EDWARD SHEARSMITH

Service Number: 2828
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 February 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY

R. U. 353.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shearsmith, of 4, Mount Pleasant, Sutton, Hull.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 227
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