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CWM 19940011-001
CWM 19940011-001

Private

Shipway, Frank

Unit

25th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles)

Branch

Infantry

Service Component

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Service Number

412637

birth

1895/02/28

Cleveland, Ireland

death

1916/06/03

Belgium

grave

Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium

Gender

Male

Frank Shipway was born in Cleveland, Somerset, England, on 28 February 1895.

A farm labourer, Shipway enlisted in the 39th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Port Hope, Ontario, on 6 March 1915. He was later transferred to the 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles). He was killed on 3 June 1916, during the Battle of Mount Sorrel, when a trench mortar shell landed in the trench where he was on duty.

Frank Shipway is buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, in Belgium.

The Canadian War Museum’s Collection includes the following artifacts for this recipient