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Private HARRY WALTER SHRIMPTON

Service Number: 6022059
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 November 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

VII, F, 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard and Clara Shrimpton, of Mayland, Essex. His brother David Leonard Shrimpton also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HE BADE NO LAST FAREWELL. THE HEAVENLY GATES OPENED AND A GENTLE VOICE SAID "COME"
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 949
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