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Private WALTON SHIELD

Service Number: 241211
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane Shield, of Bridge End, Garrigill, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS MOTHER SISTER AND FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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