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Gunner WILLIAM SHACKLETON

Service Number: 89508
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

545th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES

Plot 5. Row E. Grave 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. Shackleton, of 97, Farndale Road, Benwell Grove, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription IN EARTH THERE'S STRIFE IN HEAVEN REST KIND THOUGHTS BY HIS DEAR WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 381
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