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Corporal J W SHIELDS

Service Number: 18770
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. F. 50.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Rachel Shields, of 50, Sarah St., West Hartlepool.
  • Personal Inscription THE DEARLY BELOVED ELDEST SON OF JOHN AND RACHEL SHIELDS FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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