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Bombardier J SHIELS

Service Number: 83515
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

293rd Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

II. F. 4.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Shiels, of Ormiston, East Lothian; husband of Mary Shiels, of 2, Black Friars St., Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

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