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Military service
Service number:
B/79351
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 15, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, G, 23.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Margaret Shields, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Corporal Cecil Shields
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Cemetery
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Cecil Shields
Corporal Cecil Shields photo sent "To Fanny with Love, Sy" -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
Digital gallery of
Corporal Cecil Shields
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 442 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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