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Private WILLIAM JAMES SHROPSHIRE

Service Number: 53659
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

"A" Coy., 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 December 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

II. B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Fanny Shropshire, of Hendre Cottage, Llanfechain, Mon,.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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