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Private ALEX SHAW

Service Number: 25226
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameron Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. F. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Margaret Shaw, of 84, Main St., Kilsyth, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING AND HEROIC SON YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR COUNTRY YOU NOBLY GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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