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Captain JOHN ARTHUR GREENSHIELDS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

5th Bn. attd. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 1.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly 9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John M. and Christina Gay Greenshields, of Newlands, Glasgow. His brother Frederick Moodie Greenshields also fell.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF PRIVATE FRED M. GREENSHIELDS 9TH (GH) BN.HIGHLAND LIGHT INF. KILLED IN ACTION 2.11.1916
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Buried or commemorated at

MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne France
Number of casualties: 1129
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