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Flying Officer FRANCIS SHIELD

Service Number: 131833
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

418 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 09 March 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LESSAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row B. Grave 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Archibald and Frances Jane Shield, of Coventry; husband of G. E. Shield. His brother George Eric also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR DUTY DONE, YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED BY ALL WHO LOVED YOU
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