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Lance Corporal GEORGE WILFRED SHOESMITH

Service Number: 4544048
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

VIII. G. 9.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Hannah Maria Shoesmith, of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Hilda Shoesmith, of Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF HILDA LOVING DADDY OF BRIAN. EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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