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Serjeant WILLIAM SHAW

Service Number: 11335
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1915

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

V. Q. 13/15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Eliza Shaw, of Olive House, Church View, Holywood, Co. Down. Born at Heckmondwike.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1990
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