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Serjeant ALEXANDER SHANNON

Service Number: 19996
Regiment & Unit/Ship

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

"A" Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. D. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Shannon, of Greenock; husband of A. A. Shannon, of Perry Farm, Wingham, nr. Canterbury.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND NEVER FORGOTTEN BY HIS WIFE & BABY FLOSSIE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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