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Private THOMAS SHAW

Service Number: A/22523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. A. 32.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Jane Shaw. Native of Bolton, England. Enlisted in the 44th Bn. at Winnipeg, 1914.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE UP LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY'S CALL ASLEEP IN JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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