Arthur SHAMBROOK

Main CPGW Record

Surname: SHAMBROOK

Forename(s): Arthur

Place of Birth: Embsay, Yorkshire

Service No: 39256

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (Accrington)

Division: 31st Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-03-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Arthur Shambrook was the son of Charles and Sarah Shambrook, formerly Barker, née Crossley. Charles was born at Shenley, Hertfordshire and Sarah at Fox Stones, Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire.

1891 Cliviger, Lancashire Census: Fox Holes, Dunnockshaw - Arthur Shambrook, aged 7 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Charles and Sarah Shambrook.

1901 Cliviger, Lancashire Census: Fox Holes, Dunnockshaw - Arthur Shambrook, aged 16 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Charles and Sarah Shambrook.

1911 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 137, Dall Street - Arthur Shambrook, aged 26 years, born Settle [sic], Yorkshire, son of Charles and Sarah Shambrook.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: [Not identified.]

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Arthur Shambrook, 39256, 11th East Lancs.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Arthur Shambrook, 39256, 11 E. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 27.3.18. France. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Charles. £8 8s. 10d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Arthur.

The informal title of the 11th (Service) Bn East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington) was the Accrington Pals.

Photograph: ‘Burnley Express’ (29 June 1918).

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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