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Private R SHIELDS

Service Number: 3168
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. OUEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Matilda Oliphant (formerly Shields), of 2, Parker's Court, King St., Dundee.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. OUEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 29
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