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Serjeant FRANCIS HENRY SHAPLAND

Service Number: 825389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 240th (South Midland) Bde.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY

I. F. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. W. T. and Mrs. M. R. Shapland, of 139, Cumberland Rd., Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription HOME SAFE MAY LIGHT ETERNAL SHINE UPON HIS FACE O LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 470
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