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Leading Signalman THOMAS SHANNON

Service Number: D/JX 221129
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Drake".

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1942

Age 55 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SLIGO CEMETERY

Grave B.112.

Ireland, Republic of

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Johnston and Bella Shannon, of Sligo; husband of Mary Ann Shannon, of Sligo.
  • Personal Inscription AND SLEEP AT LAST AMONG THE FIELDS OF HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

SLIGO CEMETERY
County Sligo Ireland, Republic of
Number of casualties: 8
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