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Signalman GORDON OXLEY SHANKS

Service Number: C/JX375495
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Tyne

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

II. E. 7.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and Olive Shanks, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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