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Lance Corporal R C SHAPCOTT

Service Number: L/9980
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 April 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3

II. D. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. S. A. Shapcott, of 4, Kitchener Rd., Strood, Rochester.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1613
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