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Gunner HERBERT EDWARD SHIPTON

Service Number: 2001089
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Garrison Artillery

1st Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. I. 114.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward and Rosina Shipton, of Ingersoll, Ontario. Born at Old Sodbury, Glos., England.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE THE FROM ALL EVIL HE SHALL PRESERVE THY SOUL PSALM 121. 7TH VERSE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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