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Lieutenant WILLIAM SHIELDS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

45th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2

I. H. 41.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Manchester Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Sarah Shields, of 33, Upper Frank St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 599
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