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Captain H F SHAKESPEAR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Wildfire

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1917

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHEERNESS CEMETERY, ISLE OF SHEPPEY

CC. 42.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of General and Mrs. Shakespear; husband of Nina Hastings Shakespear, of 247, Knightsbridge, London. Awarded Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal. Served in the Ashanti Expedition (1901) and in the South African War.
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Buried or commemorated at

SHEERNESS CEMETERY, ISLE OF SHEPPEY
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 166
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