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Private EDWARD SHIRLEY

Service Number: G/37655
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 June 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XV. E. 17A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Caroline Shirley, of 28, Stanley St., Queen's Rd., Battersea, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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