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Private JOHN WILLIAM SHIRLEY

Service Number: 16396
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

X. G. 15.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Shirley; husband of Margaret Hollins (formerly Shirley), of 82, Dartmouth St., Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Born at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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