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Private ERNEST JAMES SHIELLS

Service Number: 3782804
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

8. K. 2.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Ernest Charles and Annie Shiells, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. His brother Robert Ernest Charles also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WALKS IN THE GARDEN AND PICKS THE BEST. TILL WE MEET AGAIN. MUMMIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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