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Private WILLIAM SHEARSMITH

Service Number: 235749
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 March 1918

Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE

IV. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. Shearsmith, of 62, Beecroft St., St. Georges Rd., Hull.
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Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2001
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