William Shuter was the son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Shuter. He was born on 18th April 1909 in the Killymuck area, near Salterstown. His father was now a fisherman. By the time of World War Two, William was a civilian living in Dumbarton, Scotland. William Shuter was killed on 14th March 1941 in what became known as the Clydebank Blitz, when German bombers attacked the area around the shipyards on the Clyde. Although the CWGC do not record a grave, memorial notices from the family in 1942 declare that he was buried in Dumbarton Cemetery.
The Clydebank Blitz Memorial is located in the Old Dalnottar Cemetery on Great Western Road in Clydebank. The CWGC record the location as Burgh of Clydebank. The memorial commemorates the victims of the 1941 Clydebank Blitz. The memorial was unveiled in a ceremony on 11th October 1961. The names panels were added on 14th March 2009.
