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Lance Corporal WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Service Number: A/3430
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

I. B. 39.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. B. Shakespeare, of 30, Pearscroft Rd., Fulham, London. Born at Fulham, London.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR WILL EVER IN OUR MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1573
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