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  • Honley, Huddersfield
  • West Riding of Yorkshire, England
  • Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield
  • Son of Charles France Shells (woolen weaver) and Elizabeth Barker. Five brothers: Harry (1884), Lewis (1886), Herbert (1895, KIA 15 April 1918), David (1898) and Norman (1901). Two sisters: Ida (1889) and Miriam (1891).

Military service

  • Huddersfield
  • 200788
  • Serjeant
  • 1914-15 Star, War Medal, Victory Medal
  • 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
  • to France on 14 April 1915;
    also served in the West Riding Regiment

Death

  • 14 October, Gullegem
  • Died of bomb wounds in the groin and right hip, in n°10 CCS
  • 25
  • XXX - D - 18

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