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Pvt Melvin Orlo Shippy

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Pvt Melvin Orlo Shippy

Birth
Clare County, Michigan, USA
Death
16 Oct 1918 (aged 22)
Bramshott, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, England
Burial
Bramshott, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, England Add to Map
Plot
3. B. 5.
Memorial ID
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Private M O Shippy
Service No. 277359
15th Res. Bn. Canadian Inf. (Saskatchewan Regiment)
who died on 16th October, 1918
(in No.12 Canadian General Hospital, Bramshott)

Remembered with honour
BRAMSHOTT (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Enlisted June 8, 1918 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
From Garfield Twp., Clare, MI. Son of Hiram Emanuel Shippy of Yonker, Saskatchewan & Sarah Louisa Johnson.

Melvin Orlo Shippy of Yonker, Saskatchewan died in the influenza pandemic. He was the son of Hiram E. Shippy who came from Crooked Lake, Livingston Co., Michigan, to homestead north of Senlac (the family were part of a small Mormon settlement in the area). Melvin was farming when he was drafted five months before his death. Source: Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Private M O Shippy
Service No. 277359
15th Res. Bn. Canadian Inf. (Saskatchewan Regiment)
who died on 16th October, 1918
(in No.12 Canadian General Hospital, Bramshott)

Remembered with honour
BRAMSHOTT (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Enlisted June 8, 1918 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
From Garfield Twp., Clare, MI. Son of Hiram Emanuel Shippy of Yonker, Saskatchewan & Sarah Louisa Johnson.

Melvin Orlo Shippy of Yonker, Saskatchewan died in the influenza pandemic. He was the son of Hiram E. Shippy who came from Crooked Lake, Livingston Co., Michigan, to homestead north of Senlac (the family were part of a small Mormon settlement in the area). Melvin was farming when he was drafted five months before his death. Source: Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial


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  • Created by: Don Knibbs
  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73228328/melvin_orlo-shippy: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Melvin Orlo Shippy (6 Jul 1896–16 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73228328, citing St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Bramshott, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, England; Maintained by Don Knibbs (contributor 46853119).