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Private JOSEPH ERNEST SHAPCOTT

Service Number: 52257
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Garr. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XLIX. C. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Amanda Shapcott, of Bradford, Yorks; husband of Sarah Ellen Shapcott, of 20, Bridge Avenue, Otley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE O LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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