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Rifleman DOUGLAS ALEXANDER MACKAY SHEPHERD

Service Number: 6029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VII. G. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary E. Shepherd, of 4, Dyke's Terrace, Stanwix, Carlisle, and the late Canon Shepherd, of Appleby.
  • Personal Inscription I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1510
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