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Rifleman WILLIAM JOSEPH SAMUEL SHELLEY

Service Number: 44754
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VIII. A. 40.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 2nd/10th Bn. London Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice B. M. Shelley, of 23A, Prospect Rd., Upper Sydenham, London.
  • Personal Inscription I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU PHILLIPPIANS. 1ST CHAPTER 3RD VERSE
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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