Israel Shapiro

Signalman Israel Shapiro was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1919, in Mile End, the son of Harris and Annie Shapiro (née Yoskawich).
Aged 23, Shapiro died on 19 November 1942 while a prisoner of war working on the Thailand-Burma Railway.Shapiro, Israel, roll-of-honour.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2016. Shapiro had joined the Royal Corps of Signals, and belonged to the signal section of 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, His regiment had been captured in February 1942 after the fall of Singapore to Japan.
He is buried in Kanchanburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
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*Shapiro, Israel, cwgc.org. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
Category:1919 births
Category:1942 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:Buried in Thailand
Category:Signalmen