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Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley

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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

BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY
Grave reference: Plot I, Row E, Grave 7
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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.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 581 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

St. Laurent-Blangy is a village adjoining the north-east side of Arras. Leave St Laurent-Blangy on the D919 towards Bailleul-sire-Berthoult for about 2.5 kilometres. BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-east of the village on the south side (right) of the road.

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