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Gunner COLIN SHAW

Service Number: 1135261
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

71 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

6. D. 2.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Mary A. Shaw, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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