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Able Seaman JAMES SHANKS

Service Number: D/JX 285495
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Drake.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1946

Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (RIDDRIE PARK) CEMETERY

Sec. G. Grave 1883.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret J. Shanks, of Townhead, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (RIDDRIE PARK) CEMETERY
Glasgow United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 359
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