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Lance Corporal WILLIAM LIDDLE SHANKS

Service Number: 3191352
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

62. H. 2.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Shanks, of Bo'ness, West Lothian.
  • Personal Inscription "THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY" RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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