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Sergeant HOWARD SHAKESPEARE

Service Number: 1545432
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

57 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

20. B. 5.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Rose Shakespeare, of Cannock, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription "THESE LAID THE WORLD AWAY; POURED OUT THE RED SWEET WINE OF YOUTH; GAVE UP THE YEARS TO BE"
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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