Alfred Henry William Shearman
Service number
4985537
Military unit
Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
18 Feb 1945 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Alfred Walter and Constance Alice Shearman, of Radford, Nottingham.
Military history
NOTTINGHAM NORTHERN CEMETERY Sec. P/22. Grave 23.
Shearman died in February 1945. Unlike many of his local peers who fell in far-flung campaigns across the deserts of North Africa, the jungles of Burma, or the fields of Normandy, records show that Alfred died in the United Kingdom.
During this late stage of the war, home-stationed battalions of the Sherwood Foresters were heavily occupied with receiving returning wounded men, training fresh drafts of teenage conscripts, and preparing final reinforcements to cross the channel for the final invasion of Germany. Alfred passed away during this period of high-intensity domestic service and preparation.
Extra information
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Photographs
The grave of Alfred Henry William Shearman at Nottingham Northern Cemetery
Photo: David Nunn