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2Nd Corporal THOMAS ORR SIMPSON SHIELDS

Service Number: 23171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

49th Air Line Sect.

Date of Death

Died 08 December 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY

VII. D. 3.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Ellen Shields, of 32, North Boundary St., Belfast. Born at Portstewart, Co. Derry.
  • Personal Inscription LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LAST FOREVER
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Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 249
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