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Private WILLIAM JOHN SHIELDS

Service Number: 2463
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

I. A. 77.

France

Photos of sites associated with the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940: ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY.

Photographer: Unknown

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

general view

Photographer: Johan Pauwels

general view

Photographer: Johan Pauwels

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Shields, of Wath Brow, Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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