George Miller Shacklock

Second Lieutenant Shacklock joined 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters after their return from India and was assigned to 'C' Company when they arrived in France on 14/11/1914. He was killed in action at the end of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, but his body was never recovered. However, his name was recorded on the Le Touret Memorial.

Sneinton Council Junior Mixed School, Nottingham, extract from school log dated Tuesday 18 March 1915: 'Second Lieutenant G M Shacklock, former teacher, killed in action.' (Nottinghamshire Archives)Left £132 9s to Charles Firth and Sydney G Walker. Following is an article published in the Mansfield and North Notts Advertiser published on 2nd April 1915 The circumstances of his death were reported by an anonymous officer from his unit, read out at a memorial service that was held at St. Michael’s Church in the village.“He was killed on the morning of 12th of March during a fierce counter-attack the Germans delivered on our lines. He had borne himself with great gallantry. At one time he and his platoon were quite surrounded, but refused to surrender. But they managed to cut their way out. I was surprised to hear that he had been killed. He was lying alongside myself for some time, but I was obliged to go away to another part of the field. I afterwards saw him lying exactly in the same position. He was hit through the temple, and must have died instantaneously. Indeed, I thought at first he was asleep. He was a very capable young fellow. His captain, who lay dead within a few yards of him, held a great opinion of him, and although he was with us for only a short time he had endeared himself to us all. His death is a great blow to those of us who remain.”Above article courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914 - 1918