Private Frank Shires

Name: Shires, Frank

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1917-04-12

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 7. C. 25.

Highest Rank: Private (44th Battalion)

Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

LAC ID: 227178

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B8873-S018

Uploader's Notes: Although born in Salford he was raised in Bollington, Cheshire, England (his mother's place of birth) and is commemorated on the Bollington village war memorial and at St Oswald's church.

Uploader's Research notes:

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

There is an anomaly regarding his date of birth as his Attestation Paper states 14 December 1886. However, this is definitely incorrect as the BMD Birth Index registers him in the January - March quarter of 1883, and the records of Bollington National Boys School (which he attended) shows it as 03 December 1882. [Trooper Army Canadian Cavalry 20th Border Horse Private Army Canadian Infantry 6th Battalion F Company A member of the First Canadian Contingent which sailed from Canada as part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade on the 3rd of October onboard the S.S. Lapland arriving at Plymouth on the 14th of October. Training continued at West Down South Camp Salisbury Plain until the 15th of December when the Battalion left the Brigade in order to convert back to the cavalry role as the Depot for the Canadian Cavalry Brigade. The Battalion Disbanding on the 22nd of January 1915 excess personel being transfered to the 8th and 10th Battalions. Private Army Canadian Infantry 11th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 44th Battalion ]

Date added: 2011-08-16

Last modified: 2014-09-21