Private John Shipley
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1877-12-05
Place of birth: Derbyshire England
Next of kin: Maud Shipley, wife. 65 markfield Road, Bottle, Liverpool, England
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Stone Cutter
Occupation (normalized): Stone Cutter and Finisher
Address:
126 Belmont Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 225688
Highest Rank:
Private
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-04-06 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1575692
LAC ID:
227075
Service file: B8871-S032
Uploader's Notes:
Husband of Alice M. Shipley of 65 Markfield Road, Bootle, Liverpool, England
During the advance on Vimy Ridge on April 9th, 1917, he was seen lying dead on the edge of a shell hole in "NO MAN'S LAND" but no details are available regarding the actual circumstances under which he died.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948" database [Private Army Canadian Infantry Depot Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Private Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-21