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Sapper Frederick George Shorey, son of John and Dorothy Shorey, of North Shields, Northumberland, served with 249 Field Company (Airborne) Royal Engineers. He took part in the 6th Airborne response to the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes, during Winter 1944-5.

Sapper Shorey died on Boxing Day 1944, aged 22 years old. He is now buried at Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Charleroi, Belgium.

 

Sapper Frederick Shorey

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...

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Ardennes
After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in sta...
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