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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery
Division:
D Bty. 64th Bde.
Birth:
July 1, 1879
Shropshire, England
Enlistment:
January 11, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
April 22, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot I, Row E, Grave 7
Additional information
Born in Shropshire, England on 1 July 1879. Son of Capt. Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley (Royal Artillery) and Emma Shakerley (nee Butler), of Hulme Ranch, High River, Alberta, Canada. He enlisted in Calgary, Alberta on 11 January 1915, stating he was single and employed as a rancher. He also lost two brothers in the Great War, Captain Eric Piers Shakerley, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 10 March 1915, and Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Charles Shakerley, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 15 May 1915. He is survived by his sister who is the only remaining sibling in the family. She resides at the ranch. He was a member of the Ranchmen's Club and Captain of the Pekisko Polo Team. He was of a quiet and unassuming manner.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley
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Newspaper Clipping
News article from the Calgary Herald dated 1 May 1917 advising of the death of 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley, who came to Canada 10 years ago and started ranching near Pekisko, Alberta. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of May 3, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214553/Daily-Telegraph-May-3-1917.html -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 581 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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