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Gunner JOHN WESTLEIGH SHAW

Service Number: 448
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

125th (C.P.) Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL

E. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs Elizabeth Wylie Shaw, of 350, Shankhill Rd., Belfast.
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Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 203
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