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Rifleman JAMES SHAKESPEARE

Service Number: R/16046
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES

I. D. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Mary Shakespeare, of 35, Dunsink Rd., Witton, Birmingham.
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GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 186
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