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Lance Corporal HUGH CUTHBERT SHIELD

Service Number: 13150
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

"B" Coy. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY

III. D. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Hannah Shield, of Blakeshall, Wolverley, Kidderminster, England.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, ETC. JOHN XV.13
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Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 321
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