Private John Shears
241447 2/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Missing in Action 9th October 1917, aged 31
Lived at 7 Villers Street
Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Commemorated in Burnley Cemetery, UK
Burnley Express 27th October 1917 - 15th December 1917

Victor Slater, killed in action, his half Brothers Edwin Shears, and John Shears both killed in Action, Philip Shears died whilst in service. Brother in law James Hargreaves also killed.
All five commemorated on the same memorial in Burnley Cemetery