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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Honley, Huddersfield
• Land West Riding of Yorkshire, England
• Last residence Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield
• Family Son of Charles France Shells (woolen weaver) and Elizabeth Barker. Five brothers: Harry (1884), Lewis (1886), Herbert (1895, KIA 15 April 1918), David (1898) and Norman (1901). Two sisters: Ida (1889) and Miriam (1891).

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Huddersfield
• Service number 200788
• Rank Serjeant
• Medals 1914-15 Star, War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
• Other data related to military career to France on 14 April 1915;
  also served in the West Riding Regiment

Death

• Wounded 14 October, Gullegem
• Type of wounds Died of bomb wounds in the groin and right hip, in n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXX - D - 18

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