Robert Arthur Fitzroy Shewring

Memorial: Dyrham - St Peter's Church

Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Private 14610101

Parents: Arthur Fitzroy Shewring and Beatrice May Shewring

Home address: Dyrham, Gloucestershire

Date of birth: 1925

Date of death: 19/08/1944

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, Calvados, France, ref VIII. D. 11

Age: 19

Further information:

Robert was a Private in the 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and was killed in action on 09/08/1944 (Casualty List No. 1536)

He was the cousin of Edward Shewring, also commemorated on this War Memorial

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

With kind permission of Edward Walsh
Forces War Records