BORN HULL 1882. ONLY SON OF FREDERICK SHACKELL (1858-1943) & ELIZABETH FEATHERSTONE (1855-1913). SON OF A GAS ENGINE DRIVER, LIVING AT 18 , LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED, CATHERINE HOWITT, AT HULL IN 1906.
HE ENLISTED AT GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 265779, 7TH CAMERONIAN RIFLES. POSTED WITH THE EGYPT EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, IN PALSESTINE, ON 23/11/1917, AGED 35.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE JERUSALEM MEMORIAL. LEFT THREE SISTERS RUTH, ALICE AND HILDA. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CATHERINE HOWITT.
First name:
FRANK
Military Number:
265779
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/11/1917
Place died:
Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine, (including Gaza)
Age:
35
