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Lance Serjeant JAMES EDWARD SHELTON

Service Number: 6983109
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

75 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

VI. J. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest William and Annie Elizabeth Shelton, of Leicester; husband of Bertha Shelton, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription HEARTS THAT LOVED COULD NEVER FORGET. LOVING WIFE, SON JIM. MOTHER AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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