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Lieutenant GEORGE STRANGMAN SHANNON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY

II. G. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John S. Shannon, of 23, Castlegate, York.
  • Personal Inscription ''GOOD NIGHT-GOOD NIGHT -GOOD NIGHT"
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Buried or commemorated at

LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 857
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