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Able Seaman FRANCIS WILLIAM SHAW

Service Number: D/JX 153551
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Albatross.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1947

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY

Sec. N. Nonconformist. Grave 586.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Blanche Shaw; husband of Aileen Maud Shaw, of Preston.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND AND OUR DADDY
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Buried or commemorated at

PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 508
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