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Private WILLIAM PATTINSON SHIELD

Service Number: PO/516(S)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

L. 172.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Edward and Elizabeth Shield, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAWN BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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