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Robert Hamilton R H Shields, Private served with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd Bn..
Service number: '2990732'. Date of death: 1944-06-30. Age: 24. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference VIII. D. 4..
SON OF WILLIAM KING SHIELDS AND JEAN HAMILTON SHIELDS, OF PAISLEY, RENFREWSHIRE; HUSBAND OF HELEN WHYTE HERBERTSON HARKINS SHIELDS, OF PAISLEY.
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