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After working for the firm Dumas & Wylie, Shears joined the army in August 1914 and was commissioned with the 13th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. He was wounded in the course of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and the following 12 months was given a regular fee with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. After the warfare Shears labored with the Officers' Association, helping to find civilian jobs for demobilized officers. In 1948 he published The Story of the Border Regiment, 1939-1945. He joined the Huguenot Society of London in 1955 and was its president from 1959 to 1962 and later its vice-president. An active member of the Society for many years, he also wrote various articles for its journal. In 1911 he married Mary Ellen Gibbons (1888−1976). Their solely youngster, Pauline Mary Beatrice Shears (1912−2002), was the wife of James MacNabb. In 1944 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Generals of WWII, Shears, Philip James. Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, obituary of Philip James Shears, vol. Royal United Services Institution Journal, "Army Notes", vol. Ninety two (566), 1947, pp. The London Gazette, vol. Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 July 1919, p. This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You will help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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