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Lance Serjeant W P SHINN

Service Number: 490971
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

13th Kensington Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE

Beaurains Rd. Cem. No. 2 Mem., Panel 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Cecilia Shinn, of 162, Oxford Gardens, North Kensington, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 747
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