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Second Lieutenant PERCY GORDON SHELLINGTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NARBOROUGH (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly Canadian Engineers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Charles Shellington and Margaret Hillis Shellington (nee Givens). Enlisted Nov., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE UP HIS OWN LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

NARBOROUGH (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Norfolk United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 18
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