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Private WILLIAM ELLORY SHEARD

Service Number: 75462
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emma Louisa Sheard, of 168, Pontefract Rd., Normanton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL HIS BRIGHT YOUNG LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 747
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