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William Godolphin Conway Shebbeare (1915-1944)

Soldier
Service No:140513
Rank:Major
Squadron:B, later C
Role:C Squadron Leader/Tank Commander
Known as:Bill
Service:Gazetted to the Yorkshire Hussars from 110 OCTU on 27 Jul 1940. Posted to 23H on 3 Feb 1941
KIA:18 Jul 1944
Commemorated:Bayeux Memorial. Panel 8, Column 1. [Panel]
23H Memorial, Bridlington Priory [Panel]
Stanhope War Memorial, Co. Durham
Mentioned in:
War Diary
3 Feb 1941, 1 Jun 1941, 9 May 1942, 9 Nov 1943, 18 Jul 1944
23H Story
Page 32, Page 63, Page 76, Page 79, Page 270
Bishop
Page 36, Page 37, Page 38, Page 40, Page 45, Page 46, Page 49
Casualty List
Record 1, Record 2
Press
The Times, 27 Jul 1944 (Missing)
The Times, 18 Jul 1945 (Presumed KIA)
The Times, 18 Jul 1945 (KIA)
The Times, 18 Jul 1945 (Obit)
The Times, 25 Sep 1945 (Obit)
unknown (In Memoriam)
Other
Army List
Civilian
Occupation:Author and Journalist; Labour Councillor, Borough of Holborn
Residence:12 Gt. Ormond Street, Holborn, Middlesex (1939)
Birth:18 May 1915 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Marriage: to Florence Violet Morrison 16 Mar 1940 registered in Holborn, Middlesex
Children:none
Images:[Photo]
Parents
Charles John ShebbeareEvelyne Annie Joyce
Rector Of Stanhope, Durham (1939),
Chaplain To HM The King since 1921.
The Rectory, Stanhope, Weardale, Durham (1939).
Birth 15 Apr 1865 in Wykeham (Scarborough), North Yorkshire.
Death 16 Oct 1945 at 8 Three Ways House, George Street, Oxford.
Birth 5 Aug 1887 in Sydenham, Thame, Oxfordshire.
Death registered Sep 1971 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
Marriage 20 Jan 1914 at St Mark's church, St John's Wood, Westminster, London

Notes

Bill's wife was better known as Norma Shebbeare, actress, who appeared in films such as 'Women in Love' (1969), 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit' (1989) and '10 Rillington Place' (1971). [Photo]. She died on 24 Jan 2015 in Hampstead, London.