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Lance Corporal ERNEST SHELDON

Service Number: 300031
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

VI. E. 46.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Ellen Sheldon, of Leek, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4749
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