Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shipley, Walter February 21, 1902
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Virginian Pilot February 22. 1902

                            OLD SOLDIER DEAD

Walter Shipley, a Veteran of Two Wars, Dies at an Advanced Age

Mr. Walter Shipley, a soldier of two wars--the Crimean and the Civil--died at 
the advanced age of 76 years yesterday at 12:30 o'clock, at the home of his 
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Etheridge, on Virginia street.
The deceased was a soldier in the Crimean war, waged 1853-1856 between Russia 
and the allied forces of Turkey, France, Great Britain and Sardinia, and the war 
of 1861-1865.  He did service on the Merrimac and at Roanoke Island, N.C. and 
was in other engagements, but fortunately came out without a wound.
He was born in Manchester, England and leaves three daughters and a son.  He was 
a member of Norfolk Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M.
The funeral will be conducted from the family residence this morning at 11 
o'clock, after which the interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery.  


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