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Corporal JOHN HANSON SHAW

Service Number: 1314
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

SP. Mem. 13.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Whitley Shaw, and Mary Shaw, of "Ray Mead", Arlington Terrace, Pudsey, Leeds. Born at Shelf, Halifax.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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