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Air Mechanic 1St Class ROBERT SHAW

Service Number: 5083
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

7th Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

I. G. 11.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 108th Heavy Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth and the late Pte. William Francis Shaw, of Bootle, Liverpool. Employed at G.P.O., Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription NOBLY HE GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE HIS COUNTRY TO DEFEND R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1820
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