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Private JOSEPH SHAW

Service Number: 14420523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 June 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

II. H. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Shaw, and of Hilda Shaw, of Stanningley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON JOSEPH. LOVE MOTHER R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 988
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