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Cpl. Edward Thomas Shearman
British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:13 Coronation Sq. Kings Lynn
(d.7th May 1917)
Edward Thomas Shearman served with the 8th Norfolk Regiment, he was killed on the 7th May 1917 (Aged 39) and is buried in Rookery British Military Cemetery, Hennel. He was the husband of Isabella Jane (nee Thurlow), they were married in 1908 in Loddon, Norfolk. His father Edward Thomas Shearman and mother Mrs E. Shearman, also known as Mahala, (nee Elliot) were the parents of nine children, all of Sugar Alms Houses, Extons Road, built in 1887 by John Sugar Esq.. The Shearman children were: Robert J.C. 1847, Florence J. 1875, Elizabeth A. 1877, Edward Thomas 1878 – 1917, Ellen L. 1881, Edgar 1887 – 1914, Mary M. 1889, Rose A. 1891 and Emma 1895.
Edward was a pre-war regular soldier who completed 12 years service having joined the Territorials in 1907. He worked at the West Norfolk Farmers Co. Chemical Works Wisbech Rd. until called up at the outbreak of war. He was killed by a shell whilst leading a work party digging trenches. He is named on the commemorative stained glass window situated in All Saints Church South Lynn alongside his brother Edgar.
