Private Arthur William Shackleford
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Shackleford,
Arthur William
Date of birth: 1895-08-10
Place of birth: Hertford Hertfordshire England
Next of kin: Mrs. Rose Shackleford (mother,) 27 Bond St., Vauxhall, London, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farm Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Farm-Helper, General
Address:
Seagrave, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Zivy Crater, Thelus, 2
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 724602
Highest Rank:
Private
(20th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-11-29 to 1916-11-29
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack East of NEUVILLE ST. VAAST
Commemoration location: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/4013935?Arthur%20William%20Shackleford
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
222444
Service file: B8790-S042
Uploader's Notes: Arthur William Shackelford in 1901 was living in Hertfordshire with his father George mother Rose(Lee) Shackelford 3 younger Siblings and 4 others.In 1903 his Father George Shackelford dies at 32 years of age.On 8 April 1910 a 14 year old Arthur Shackelford leaves Liverpool on the Empress of Ireland and arrives in Saint John New Brunswick on 15 April 1910 with a party of Fegan Homes children destination Toronto. Arthur now 15 years of age is a Domestic or Servant in the home of Roy and Florence Bryant On 29 Nov 1915 a 20 year old Arthur Shackleford joins as an original member the 109th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Lindsay after having had 1 year of service with the 34th Ontario Regiment militia.(The 109th Overseas Battalion was authorized on 22 December 1915). On 23 July 1916 the 109th Victoria and Haliburton Infantry Battalion sails for Britain and is broken up between 5 October and 8 December 1916. On 9 April 1917 former Home Child Private Arthur William Shackelford now of the 20th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) is killed in Action.
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 109th Battalion A Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2017-03-31