Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Alex Shields
In memory of:
Private Alex Shields
October 18, 1918
Military Service
1042790
21
Army
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
38th Bn.
Additional Information
March 1, 1896
Son of Austin and Mary Shields (nee Cole), of Renfrew, Ontario.
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
DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
VIII. B. 6.
Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper Clipping – From the Renfrew Mercury for 1 November 1918.
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