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Private GEORGE ALBERT SHAW

Service Number: 11964
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

II. T. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Mary Ann Shaw, of 21, Briar St., West Hartlepool.
  • Personal Inscription HE FELL ON THE FIELD OF YPRES A SOLDIER STAUNCH AND TRUE FOR HOME AND DUTY MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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