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Gunner JAMES SHANKS

Service Number: 932788
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

64 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

II. D. 2.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Helen Shanks; husband of Jean Shanks, of Roslin, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF JEAN PEDEN
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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