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Private W SHIELS

Service Number: 42144
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

III. C. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Connolly (formerly Shiels), of 11, Barlow St., Cheetham Hill, Manchester, and the late William Shiels.
  • Personal Inscription A LAST FAREWELL UNSPOKEN R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 553
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