Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil SHAKERLEY

Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Shakerley{gallery}2nd Lt A C Shakerley{/gallery}D Battery, 64th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 22nd April 1917 aged 37

• Buried: Bailleul Road East Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave I.E.7
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Cpt Geoffrey Joseph and Emma Shakerley [nee Butler] of Weddington Hall
• Husband of Marjory Rosa Bayley Shakerley [nee Harvey]. Married 24 Jan 1905 in London
  
• Brother of Lt Col Geoffrey Charles Shakerley and Cpt Eric Piers Shakerley
• NNWFHS Memorial: Weddington
  

The hyperlinks to his brothers need sorting.

• Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for 2nd Lt Shakerley
• NNWFHS Weddington War Memorial Page
• Bailleul Road East Cemetery
• Royal Field Artillery

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 1 July 1879 at Atcham, Shropshire. Baptised 10 Aug 1879 at Uffington, Shropshire
  
• Arrived in New York, USA 24 Apr 1903 aboard SS Campania
• Applied for Homestead Grant in Alberta, Canada 6 Jun 1904
  
• Lived at Hulme Ranch, High River, Alberta, Canada [1904 to 1916]
• Employed as a rancher [1915]
  
• Enlisted in Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Calgary, 11 Jan 1915

• 2nd Lt Shakerley Military History
  In January of 1915, Arthur was one of four men from the same Peksisko Polo team who travelled to High River, Canada where they caught the train to Calgary where they enlisted. They then returned to town and soon after, they were shipped off to England and warfare. All four men can be seen in the photograph above – only Jackson Snowden survived the war. 2nd Lt Shakerley was killed in the Battle of Vimy Ridge.