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Able Seaman WILLIAM SIDNEY SHIPMAN

Service Number: C/JX 238165
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Glengyle.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLUMSTEAD CEMETERY

Sec. Q. Grave 1616.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Elizabeth Shipman, of Woolwich.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING. DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PLUMSTEAD CEMETERY
London United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 189
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