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Private JAMES SHAWCROFT

Service Number: 4448176
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

VII. A. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shawcroft, of Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of G. Irene Shawcroft.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF IRENE
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Buried or commemorated at

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