In Memory Of

SHACKLETON, WILFRED ERNEST

Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
3245
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-13
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. E. 5.
Cemetery:
DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Edward (or Edwin) Thomas Shackleton, of Durban. His brother also died in service