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Updates for Civilian William Shuter
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13/06/2024
13/06/2024
13/06/2024
13/06/2024 William Shuter has no known grave and is commemorated on the Clydebank Blitz Memorial in Old Dalnottar Cemetery on Great Western Road in Clydebank. The CWGC record the location as Burgh of Clydebank.
13/06/2024 Memorial notices from the family in 1942 declare that he was buried in Dumbarton Cemetery.
03/12/2020 SHUTER – (Result of enemy action) – In loving and affectionate remembrance of our own dear son and brother, William, who died on 14th March 1941 as the result of enemy action and was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland.
03/12/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 20th March 1943:
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03/12/2020 ‘The stars that shine over a lonely grave
03/12/2020 Of one we loved but could not save
03/12/2020 God called him homer, it was His will,
03/12/2020 Forget Him? No, we never will.’
03/12/2020 Ever remembered by his loving father, mother, brothers and sister-in-law, Killymuck, Moneymore, County Derry.
03/12/2020
03/12/2020 SHUTER – (Result of enemy action) – Treasured memories of my dear brother William, who died through enemy action on 14th March 1941 and was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland.
03/12/2020 ‘Death often comes to make us know
03/12/2020 We love more dearly than we show
03/12/2020 Lovingly remembered by his sister and brother-in-law, Cissie and Billie Bigger. Shaw’s Bridge, County Down
03/12/2020 But love in death should make us see
03/12/2020 What love in life should always be’
03/12/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 20th March 1943:
06/09/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 17th March 1945:
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06/09/2020 SHUTER – Result of enemy action – In loving and affectionate remembrance of our dear son and brother William, who died on 14th March 1941 (as the result of enemy action) and was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland.
06/09/2020 Ever remembered by his loving father, mother, brothers and sister-in-law. Killymuck, Ballinderry Bridge and Belfast.
06/09/2020 But not too far to think of thee.’
06/09/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 17th March 1945:
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06/09/2020 SHUTER – Treasured memories of my dear brother, William, who died through enemy action on 14th March 1941and was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland. Memories will ever remain. Ever remembered by his loving sister and brother-in-law, Cissie and Billie Bigger. Donegall Road, Belfast.
06/09/2020 ‘Too far away his grave to see.
30/06/2020 That show that the heart is torn;
30/06/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 18th March 1944:
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30/06/2020 SHUTER – Result of enemy action – In loving and affectionate remembrance of our dear son and brother William, who died on 14th March 1941 as the result of enemy action, and was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland.
30/06/2020 ‘It is not the tears at the time that are shed,
30/06/2020 Ever remembered by his loving father, mother, brothers and sister-in-law. Killymuck, Moneymore.
30/06/2020 And the sorrow that’s silently borne.’
30/06/2020 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 18th March 1944:
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30/06/2020 SHUTER – Result of enemy action – In loving and affectionate remembrance of my dear brother William, who died on through enemy action died on 14th March 1941, and was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland.
30/06/2020 ‘Too far away his grave to see.
30/06/2020 But not too far to think of thee.’
30/06/2020 Lovingly remembered by his sister and brother-in-law, Cissie and Billie Bigger. Shaw’s Bridge, County Down.
30/06/2020 It’s the lonely tears of the after years,
25/10/2019 The 1911 census lists William as age 2, living with the family at house 19 in Killymuck, Salterstown. His father was now a fisherman.
25/10/2019 William Shuter was the son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Shuter. Thomas Shuter and Sarah Jane Griffin were married on 14th December 1900 in the district of Cookstown.
25/10/2019 William Shuter was born on 18th April 1909 in the Magherafelt area. He was one of at least five children.
25/10/2019 Known family: Thomas Shuter, Sarah Jane Shuter, Robert Shuter (born 29th June 1903), Thomas Shuter (born about 1905), William Shuter (born 18th April 1909), Susannah Sissie Shuter (born 23rd July 1911), John Shuter (born 1st June 1914).
25/10/2019 By the time of World War Two, William was living in Dumbarton, Scotland.
25/10/2019 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.
25/10/2019 The CWGC record William Shuter as living at 196 High Street, Dumbarton. He is recorded as the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Shuter. It is recorded that he died at ‘Second Terrace’.
25/10/2019 The 1901 census lists William's parents as living at house 8 in Killymuck, Salterstown, County Londonderry. Thomas was a farmer.
24/10/2019 No father by to take his hand,
24/10/2019 Loving remembered by his sister and brother-in-law, Sissie and Billie Bigger, Shaw’s Bridge, County Down.
24/10/2019 ‘Time rolls in but memories linger,
24/10/2019 Tears of sorrow always stay;
24/10/2019 Memory keeps him ever near us,
24/10/2019 Though he died one year today.
24/10/2019 How constantly we think of him,
24/10/2019 With hearts and eyes that feel;
24/10/2019 The love we had for him in life,
24/10/2019 In death is stronger still.’
24/10/2019 ‘No mother’s care did not attend,
24/10/2019 Nor over him did a mother bend,
24/10/2019 No sister by to shed a tear,
24/10/2019 Whilst dying in a far-off land,
24/10/2019 No mother near to close his eyes,
24/10/2019 Far from his native home he dies.’
24/10/2019 Ever remembered by his loving father, mother, brothers and sister-in-law, Killymuck, Moneymore and Belfast.
24/10/2019 Or brothers waiting his last words to bear.
07/10/2019
07/10/2019 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 14th March 1942:
07/10/2019 SHUTER – In loving and affectionate remembranc3e of our dear son and brother William, who died on 14th March 1941 as the result of enemy action was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland.
07/10/2019 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 14th March 1942:
07/10/2019 SHUTER – Treasured memories of my dear brother William, who died through enemy action on 14th March 1941, and was interred in Dumbarton Cemetery, Scotland.
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