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Private HAROLD ERNEST SHIRE

Service Number: 14519094
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

XVIII. D. 18.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest John and Lillie Alice Shire. of Galhampton, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY. DEARLY LOVED YOUNGEST SON OF ERNEST AND LILLIE SHIRE, BROTHER OF BERTRAM & WILLIAM
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Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 4277
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