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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY SHILSON

Service Number: B/68048
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 22 December 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

II. B. 16.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Agnes Flossie Shilson; husband of Alice Ann Patricia Shilson, of Mount Dennis, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription OUR LOSS IS HEAVEN'S GAIN BUT YOU LIVE IN OUR MEMORY. WIFE AND DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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