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Private WILLIAM SHAKES

Service Number: 2032
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

13th Kensington Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 January 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

I. G. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James and Alice Louise Shakes, of 2, Victoria Rd., Kilburn, London.
  • Personal Inscription THY DEAR FACE LOOKS BEYOND DEATH'S SHADOW NOT CHANGED BUT GLORIFIED
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Buried or commemorated at

ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 900
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