Basic Details
Surname
Shackleton
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
NOT STATED ON MEMORIAL
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. One of the many of Calderdale and this regiment lost in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt and so listed on the Thiepval Memorial but not, in his case, on any other Calderdale memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Duke of Wellington`s (West Riding Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
33
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial