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Private WILLIAM EDWARD SHOESMITH

Service Number: 6848729
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

IX. C. 11.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Ellen Emily Shoesmith, of Barkingside, Ilford, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription TO HAVE HAD HIM IS A LIFE-LONG POSSESSION, TO HAVE LOST HIM A LIFE-TIME REGRET
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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