Pte
William John Shields
Military Details
Service Number: 2463
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Border Regiment
Enlisted
1 Sept 1914
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
1 Sept 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
5th
Service Number at Enlistment
2463
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1885
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Address
Wath Brow, Cleator , Cumberland
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Wath Brow, Cleator , Cumberland
Parents
John & Esther Ann (nee Scarborough)
Siblings
James,Margaret,Alexander,John,Maria,Elizabeth,Georgina,Isabella,Sarah
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
10th April 1915
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
St. Omer Military Hospital
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Loos
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
France
Grave Position: I. A. 77.
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War Memorial
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