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JOHN HENRY SHAVE

Died : 17 Feb 1918

Rank : Corporal

Service no at death: 59437

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Surname:	SHAVE
Forename:	JOHN HENRY
Initials:	J H
Date of Birth	1891
Place of Birth	Wyesham, Monmouth
Place of Birth Source	1911 Census
Address	Almer, Sturminster Marshall
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Carpenter & Wheelwright
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of Frederick John & Annie Maria Shave, of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
Spouse Name
Notes	Bellringer at St Mary's Church. Sturminster Marshall

Regiment at call-up	Royal Engineers
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up
Service no at call-up	59437
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Wimborne
Source	UK soldiers who died

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	93rd Field Co
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts

Age at death	26
Date of death	17 Feb 1918
Regiment at death	Royal Engineers
Battalion at death	93rd Field Co
Rank at death	Corporal
Circumstances of death	Died of wounds (Gas) at 53rd Field Ambulance, France
Service no at death	59437
Field of action at death
Place of death	France

Location of grave	Ruyaul Court Military Cemetery
Position	J. 1.
Other memorials	Sturminster Marshall War Memorial Bellringer memorial in St Mary's Church, Sturminster Marshall
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