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Private EDWARD SHENTON

Service Number: 13003866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Aux. Mil.

Date of Death

Died 11 March 1940

Age 55 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARDLEY (ST. MARY'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY

Sec. O. Grave 634.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Philip and Maria Shenton, of Salford; husband of Esther M. Shenton, of Pendleton, Salford.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF A LOVING HUSBAND AND DAD. "MIDST LIFE'S CHANGES WE NEVER FORGET"
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Buried or commemorated at

WARDLEY (ST. MARY'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 16
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