In Memory Of
SHEFFIELD, WILLIAM ERNEST GEORGE
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
RH/1095761
Rank:
Gunner
Unit:
4 Regt.
Unit 2:
289 (The Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Bty.
Regiment:
Royal Horse Artillery
Date of Death:
1942-05-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during fighting at Retma and subsequent withdrawal
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
13. B. 16.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of William Hough Sheffield and Ethel Annie Sheffield, of Lonely Mine, Southern Rhodesia.