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Private WILLIAM PERCY SHANKS

Service Number: 12151
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS

II. D. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Mary Jane Shanks, of Bermondsey, London.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES STILL LINGER
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Buried or commemorated at

BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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