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PVT Shields

Birth
Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland
Death
10 Oct 1918
Burial
Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland Add to Map
Plot
Row "B" (18)
Memorial ID
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War Graves Commission Memorial to Private Shields. Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service # 41662. 26 years old. Native of Crosskeys and was drowned when the "SS Leinster" was torpedoed in the Irish Sea. His brother Robert J. was killed in action.

Source: "At the Ford of the Birches, The History of Ballybay, its People and Vicinity", by James H. Murnane & Peadar Murnane", p. 126.
War Graves Commission Memorial to Private Shields. Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service # 41662. 26 years old. Native of Crosskeys and was drowned when the "SS Leinster" was torpedoed in the Irish Sea. His brother Robert J. was killed in action.

Source: "At the Ford of the Birches, The History of Ballybay, its People and Vicinity", by James H. Murnane & Peadar Murnane", p. 126.

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  • Created by: Brian McConnell, UE
  • Added: Jul 2, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166366067/shields: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Shields (unknown–10 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166366067, citing First Ballybay Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland; Maintained by Brian McConnell, UE (contributor 48857516).