Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette | VI. D. 5. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.134 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 31D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of James and Emily Shandley, of West Ham; husband of Annie Dorothy Shandley, of 2, Double House, Aldborough Hatch, Ilford, Essex.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 9th Battalion The Essex Regiment |
9th (Service) Battalion Formed at Warley in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 35th Brigade in 12th (Eastern) Division. Moved to Shorncliffe and in March 1915 went to Blenheim barracks at Aldershot. 31 May 1915 : landed at Boulogne |
| Action : The Second Battles of the Somme 1918 |
21 August - 3 September 1918. Following the success at Amiens which Ludendorf described as "the black day for the German army" the conditions were right for the advance to be continued over the old Somme battlefield. Astonishingly the battlefield was crossed in 10 days, compared with the four months of the first battle. The Germans were pushed back towards the Hindenburg Line defences.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Wayfarers No. 1926 E.C. | Malta |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
14th January 1916 | 10th March 1916 | 22nd March 1916 |
Listed as a 29 year old Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, resident or stationed at or near Valetta, Malta when initiated into Wayfarers Lodge No. 1926 in 1916. The contribution record shows he "Died 22 Aug. 1918."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley