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Private WILLIAM JOHN SHIELLS

Service Number: S/43733
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IWUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Alice Emily Shiells, of 101, Ebury Buildings, Buckingham Palace Rd., London.
  • Personal Inscription GOD HAS TAKEN ONE WE LOVE TO A NOBLER REST ABOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

IWUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 139
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