To a soldier of the great war. I do not know you but I would have liked to have known you You were a brother in arms with my paternal gr...
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Victor George Fleetwood Shrapnel
Captain
Service No. Unknown
Age 20
Died on 23 March 1918
East Surrey Regiment
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Somme, France
Elder son of Arthur Fleetwood Shrapnel and Kate Shrapnel, of 27, Wavertree Rd., Streatham Hill, London. A descendant of Lt. Gen. Shrapnel, the inventor of the shell which bears his name. Educated at Wilson's Grammar School, Camberwell, and at the age of 17 won an open scholarship at Magdalen College, Oxford. Gazetted to a commission in 1915.
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Thank you to all who lost their lives to save our countries. You will always be remembered.
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