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Gunner EDWARD VERNON SHAKESHAFT

Service Number: 1091171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1947

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRIDGEND CEMETERY

Sec. M. Grave 172.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Emily Shafeshaft, of Bridgend; husband of Hilda Shakeshaft, of Bridgend.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS SACRIFICE HELP TO BRING THE PEACE AND FREEDOM FOR WHICH HE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

BRIDGEND CEMETERY
Glamorganshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 31
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