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Fusilier WILLIAM SHIELDS

Service Number: 4203707
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welch Fusiliers

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Nixon Shields and Margaret Ann Shields, of Deptford, Sunderland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription A SACRED THOUGHT, AN UNSEEN TEAR, ONLY A MEMORY, BUT OH, SO DEAR. FOR EVER. MAM
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