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Lance Corporal NORMAN SHIELDS

Service Number: 3865858
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY

II.C.21.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jacob Henry and Elizabeth Collister Shields, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED HIM AND MISS HIM OUR THOUGHTS OFTEN STRAY TO A HALLOWED SACRED SPOT OUR DEAR BOY'S HALLOWED GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 400
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