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John C. Shaw

Private

Service No. 16761

Age 27

Died on 22 March 1918

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Somme, France

Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, of 71, North St., Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and the late Thomas Shaw.

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Henry Harrison

John, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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John, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalions ...

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