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Corporal JOSEPH STANLEY SHEARS

Service Number: G/1378
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

VIII. R. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary E. Shears, of 53, Albert Rd., Croydon.
  • Personal Inscription A SILENT THOUGHT A SECRET TEAR KEEPS HIS MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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