Identity
Person No.
1782
Service No.
3570
Last Name
First Name
William Rushmer Shelton
Initials
W R S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5
Notes
Son of Mr. William Benjamin Bicheno, of 94, Banbury Rd., Bicester, Oxon., England.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
Listed on Klapperkop as "* J.D. ERNESTE" John Dovey
Dedications
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