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Captain LEWIS HENRY SHAPTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 January 1915

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

D. 61.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Dr. Lewis Shapter, of Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY LOVING & LOVED BOY THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord France
Number of casualties: 837
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