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Private WILLIAM ELMA SHAW

Service Number: 39656
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

V. G. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shaw, of Maesteg, Bridgend.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SON A BROTHER KIND A FRAGRANT MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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