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Shackleton, James Ernest
Rank : 2nd Lieutenant
Unit : 7th Bn
Biography :
James Shackleton enlisted into 17th Lancers in World War One as a Private (GS-4315), and served in France from 17.10.1915. Commissioned into 7th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment on 31.8.1917. Killed in Action near Epehy in France on 21.3.1918, age 23. He is buried at Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, Nord, France. There is a memorial to him in St Luke's graveyard, Uttox Road, Derby.
Date of Birth : c1895
Date of Death : 21.3.1918
Place of Death : Epehy, France
Period of Service : 1915-18
Conflicts : WW1
Places Served : France
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