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Flight Sergeant ERNEST SHACKLETON

Service Number: 1218398
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COIGNIERES CHURCHYARD

Coll. grave.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sam and Eveline Shackleton, of Halifax, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED AND LOVED BY HIS MOTHER AND FAMILY AT HALIFAX, YORKSHIRE
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Buried or commemorated at

COIGNIERES CHURCHYARD
Yvelines France
Number of casualties: 7
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