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Gmr. William Shannon
British Army 44th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

(d.18th May 1917)
William Shannon died age 28, he had formerly served in the Tynemouth RGA. He was the son of Edward Thomas and Mary Shannon of North Shields and husband of Margaret Ann Shannon (nee Riddle) of 52 Little Bedford Street North Shields. William Thomas Shannon age 21, a Labourer & Fish Manure Manufacturer, is recorded with his wife Margaret Ann Shannon & 1 month old son, living at East Percy street, North Shields in the 1911 Census
William is buried in Duisans Military Cemetery, Etrun and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph Jarrow.

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