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Sergeant JAMES THOMAS SHANNON

Service Number: 1521397
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

31 (S.A.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 5.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Gilmour Shannon, and of Constance Mary Shannon, of Eton, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF GEORGE GILMOUR AND CONSTANCE MARY SHANNON. "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 989
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