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Richard R Shaw, Lance Corporal served with Rifle Brigade, 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn..
Service number: '6923822'. Date of death: 1944-08-01. Age: 21. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XV. K. 24..
SON OF SILVIA SHAW, AND STEPSON OF WILLIAM GEORGE WOODLEY, OF CHINGFORD, ESSEX; HUSBAND OF OLIVE SHAW, OF TUXFORD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.
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