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Private 2Nd Class WALTER SHIELDS

Service Number: 126532
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

5th Balloon Coy.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1918

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

X. D. 16.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born Lower Broughton. Husband of Catherine Shields, of 19, Rylett St., Lower Broughton, Manchester.
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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