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Serjeant JAMES SHREWSBURY

Service Number: R/7259
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1915

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BACQUEROT NO.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE

II. C. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Kate Shrewsbury, of Heanor, Notts.; husband of Katharine Louisa Shrewsbury (nee Chalk), of 60, Maryon Rd., Old Charlton, London. A Schoolmaster. Enlisted in 1914.
  • Personal Inscription "THAT WE MAY BRING IF NEED ARISE NO MAIMED OR WORTHLESS SACRIFICE."KIPLING
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