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Bombardier W E SHEARSMITH

Service Number: 775724
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 160th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVISIONAL COLLECTING POST CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

I. Q. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin Shearsmith, of 12, Providence Avenue, Delph Lane, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription DEEPLY MOURNED
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVISIONAL COLLECTING POST CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 765
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