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Guardsman ALEC SHAW

Service Number: 2659473
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

IV. B. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lily Shaw, of Delph, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription AT HOME WITH GOD IN A VALLEY OF PEACE SO FAIR WHEN MY TASK IS DONE I'LL FIND HIM WAITING THERE
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Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Belgium) Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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