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Rifleman LESLIE VICTOR SHINN

Service Number: 654001
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

1st/21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. K. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Harriett Elizabeth Shinn, of 27, Northwood Rd., Forest Hill, London.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING WE LEAVE YOU, DEAR.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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