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Ernest Battell Shields

In memory of:

Corporal Ernest Battell Shields

October 1, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

871283

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

August 22, 1887

Son of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Atkinson, of 369, Langside St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 500 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

C. 9.

Location:

Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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