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Private W SHIELDS

Service Number: 15996
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

"B" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY

G. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Ross and Isabella Shields, of 6, Moat St., Londonderry.
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 157
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