Service Details
Name:
 SHEFFIELD
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ERNEST GEORGE
Initials:
 W E G
Service No:
 RH/1095761
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 Royal Horse Artillery
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Unit:
 289 (The Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Bty., 4 Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-27
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during fighting at Retma and subsequent withdrawal
Additional
Information:
Son of William Hough Sheffield and Ethel Annie Sheffield, of Lonely Mine, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 13. B. 16.

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