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Private ALEXANDER JAMES SHAW

Service Number: 200491
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

V. F. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Shaw, of 42, Cumberland St., Latchford, Warrington, and the late Robert William Shaw.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT IS BRAVE, WHAT IS NOBLE LET US DO IT
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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