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Sapper ROBERT SHRIMPTON

Service Number: 245801
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

98th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1918

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENDEGIES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD

9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Isabella Amelia Shrimpton, of 140, Mount Pleasant, Redditch, Worcs.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

VENDEGIES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 9
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