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Lance Corporal CHRISTOPHER GEORGE SHIER

Service Number: 25781
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

(1921). 7th (South Irish Horse) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Esther M. Shier, of Prospect House, Barrigone, Co. Limerick, and the late Joseph Shier.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED WHILE HELPING A WOUNDED COMRADE UNDER HEAVY SHELL FIRE
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Buried or commemorated at

CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1195
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