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Geoffrey Charles Shakerley

In memory of:

Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Charles Shakerley

May 15, 1915

Military Service


Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Enlistment:

January 10, 1915
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Geoffrey Joseph and Emma (née Butler) Shakerley, of Hulme Ranche, High River, Alberta. Husband of Marjory Shakerley, of Whittington Lodge, Worcester, England.

Brother of Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley who died on April 22, 1917 while serving with the Royal Field Artillery and brother of Captain Eric Piers Shakerley who died on March 10, 1915 while serving with the King's Royal Rifle Corps..

Commemorated on Page 602 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 8.

Location:

Fleurbaix is a village 5 kilometres south-west of Armentieres at the junction of the road from Armentieres and the road to Bethune. Petillon is a village to the south of Fleurbaix and RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY is 3 kilometres south of Fleurbaix on the south side of the road from Petillon to La Boutillerie.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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