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Captain FRANK SUMNER SHIRES

Service Number: 217352
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

101 Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

4. L. 8.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wilfred and Edith Shires; husband of Edith Annie Shires, of Leyland, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 680
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