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Acting Bombardier JOSEPH HAROLD SHILL

Service Number: 57287
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

H.Q. 16th Heavy Artillery Group

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE LEAF CEMETERY

M. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Ellen Shill, of 176, Shaw Rd., Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE LEAF CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 176
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