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Flight Sergeant WILLIAM HAROLD SHIELDS

Service Number: 1334523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

78 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Grave 13957.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Harold and Hilda Shields, of Cricklewood, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1026
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