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Sapper R W SHIELD

Service Number: 459360
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd/2nd Northumbrian Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

III. O. 17.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie L. Shield, of Park Gates, Allendale, Northumberland.
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