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Second Lieutenant FREDERICK DOWSON SHIELD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

8th Bn. attd. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

G. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Shield, of 104, Clarence Avenue, Northampton, and the late Thomas Dowson Shield.
  • Personal Inscription EVEN NOW THEY RIPEN IN SUNNY PARADISE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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