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Sergeant JOHN HAROLD SHIMMIN

Service Number: 1683352
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

515 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1944

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

18. B. 10.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Ernest Shimmin and Anna Shimmin, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY. GREATLY MISSED BY FATHER, MOTHER, SISTERS AND BROTHER

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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1317
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