Joseph Shiels was the son of John and Mary Jane Shields. He was born about 1917. Private Joseph Shiels was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Scots when he died in Belgium on 15th September 1944. He was killed in the fierce fighting associated with the crossing of the Meuse-Escaut Canal during the first three weeks of September 1944.
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Joseph Shiels was the son of John and Mary Jane Shields. He was born about 1917.
Private Joseph Shiels was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Scots when he died in Belgium on 15th September 1944.
Private Shiels was initially buried at Map Ref GHEEL SH.25 & 35 074928 with Private J Patrick (14211242), another man from the 8th Battalion of the Royal Scots.
Private Joseph Shiels was reinterred in Kasterlee War Cemetery, Belgium on 21st June 1945. His inscription reads: HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
Kasterlee War Cemetery contains the graves of men killed in the fierce fighting associated with the crossing of the Meuse-Escaut Canal during the first three weeks of September 1944. The regiments represented by the largest numbers are The Royal Scots, The King's Own Scottish Borderers and The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Private John Porter, a Magherafelt man, was with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and was killed in the same battle. He is also buried in Kasterlee War Cemetery.
The CWGC records Private Joseph Shiels as the son of John and Mary Jane Shields of Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
