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William Shearer (British Free Corps)

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William Alan Watson Shearer was a member of the Waffen-SS British Free Corps during the Second World War. A Lieutenant in the 4th Seaforth Highlanders, he was the only British officer to join the Corps, with the exception of the brief involvement of Douglas Berneville-Claye. This was the result of his having suffered a serious nervous breakdown in March 1943. He had become suicidal in the wake of this. He rarely left his room and would not put on his BFC uniform. After a few weeks he was returned to the Ansbach mental asylum and eventually repatriated to Britain by the Red Cross in January 1945.[1] Not much is known about his life after World War II.

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  1. ^ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2452-2461). Random House. Kindle Edition.


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