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Private JOHN EDWARD SHAW

Service Number: 5671493
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XV. A. 8.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Amy Shaw; stepson of Walter Varty, of Boston, Lincolnshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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