Shakesby, George

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MR THOMAS AND ANN ELIZABETH SHAKESBY, OF 45 OXFORD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WAS A FORMER FARM YARD LABOURER. HIS WIFE SARA LIVED AT 104 SPYVEE STREET. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER THOMAS. GEORGE’S DEATH WAS REPORTED AND HIS PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 19TH FEBRUARY 1915. *

HE IS BURIED AT CUINCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.


First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
7512
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/02/1915
Place died:
CUINCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
31
45 , OXFORD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK