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Guardsman JOSEPH SHELTON

Service Number: 2719598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

Date of Death

Died 29 January 1945

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY

Sec. 22. C. of E. Grave 988.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ellis and Martha Shelton, of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription ON HIS SOUL SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1009
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