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Private J SHEARER

Service Number: 21454
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shearer, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P. SWEETEST THOUGHTS SHALL EVER LINGER ROUND THE GRAVE WHERE THOU ART LAID
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 571
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