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Second Lieutenant HENRY WILLIAM SHORTEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

19th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAUROIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

78.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Isobel E. Shorten, of 81, Suffield Rd., Gorleston, Gt. Yarmouth.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER IN THE MEMORY OF HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

MAUROIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 82
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