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Private JAMES SHON

Service Number: 3316336

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

II. H. 15.

France

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Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info Son of Gustaf and Agnes Shon, of Glasgow.
Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND A SCOTTISH SOLDIER'S NOBLE END

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