Name
Raymond Alfred Wilshere
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
15/05/1945
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
T/14301354
Royal Army Service Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BARI WAR CEMETERY
XIII. D. 9.
Italy
Headstone Inscription
THE LORD SENT HIM TO CHEER OUR WAY THE LORD KNEW BEST WHEN TO TAKE HIM AWAY. IN OUR HEARTS HE IS NEAR
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Hitchin memorials
Biography
He was born in Hertfordshire and was residing in the county when he enlisted. His Service Number was T/14301354. The circumstances of his death have not been discovered.
He was buried in Plot 13, Row D, Grave 9 in the Bari War Cemetery in Italy. A private inscription on his headstone reads "THE LORD SENT HIM TO CHEER OUR WAY THE LORD KNEW BEST WHEN TO TAKE HIM AWAY. IN OUR HEARTS HE IS NEAR".
He was the son of Olive Blanche Wilshere of Hitchin and the grandson of :Mr and Mrs A.E. Wilshere of Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’
