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Drummer HARRY SHIPTON

Service Number: 9834
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. F. 8.

France

Photos taken in cemeteries in France by Director of Technical Services - March 2011 (Note: many of the headstones in this set were photographed by DTS to show the extent to which their condition had deteriorated, where this is apparent an appropriate keyword has been added).

Photographer: Director of Technical Services, CWGC

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Grandson of Mrs. H. Shipton, of Wood Lane, Yoxall, nr. Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

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