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Corporal FRANCIS JOSEPH SHENTON

Service Number: 12995
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

"D" Coy. 7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL

I. A. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Ellen Shenton, of 8, Peace Cottages, Shrewsbury.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM O LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 743
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