Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
35553 Private
Jas. Shearer
Durham Light Infantry
5th August 1918
Son of James and Mary Shearer; husband of the late Mary Elizabeth Shearer (nee Wanless).
A family headstone reads:-
Pte. John Wanless
beloved son of
Robert and Margaret Wanless
who died at Aldershot Hospital
7th April 1916 aged 28 years
Also of the above Margaret Wanless
who died 13th May 1919 aged 54 years
In the midst of life we are in death
On left hand side:-
Also of
Pte. J. Shearer
beloved husband of
Mary Shearer
who died 5th August 1918
aged 36 years
James Shearer is remembered at Burnopfield on B155.01
He is also remembered in The DLI Book of Remembrance page 204
