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Private WILFRED SHIRES

Service Number: 265405
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY

V. C. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Brown (formerly Shires), of 30, Lower North Avenue, Barnoldswick, Yorks., and the late William Shires.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1082
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