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Corporal Richard Simmons ’Dick’ Shields

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1886-06-12
Place of birth: Powassan Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Jeremiah Shields, father. Astorville, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Blacksmith
Occupation (normalized): Blacksmith, General
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1916-10-08
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Adanac Military Cemetery, I. G. 22.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 452508
Highest Rank: Corporal (58th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Lance Corporal, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Corporal, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-07-06 to 1916-10-08
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcelette

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 183974
LAC ID: 226760
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8866-S015
Uploader's Notes: Son of Jeremiah Shields and Elizabeth Ann Shields (nee Thomas); younger brother of Jeremiah Shields (Service No. 820896), older brother of James Parker Avalon Shields (Service No. 658020)
Uploader's Research notes: 58th Battalion Nominal Roll [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-11-22