Name	Joseph Benjamin SHACKLETON
Rank/Number	Private  / 9219
Regiment/Unit	Bedfordshire Regiment / 1st Battalion
Enlisted	Leighton Buzzard
Age/Date of death	28 / 05 Sep 1916
How died/Theatre of war	Killed in action / France & Flanders
Residence at death	Leighton Buzzard, Beds
Cemetery	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Grave Reference	Pier & Face 2C
Location of memorial	Fenny Stratford - not on War Memorial
Date/Place of birth	21 Mar 1890 / Fenny Stratford
Date/Place of baptism	04 Nov 1890 Fenny Stratford
Occupation of Casualty	regular soldier
Parents/Occupation	John W & Sophia Shackleton (Wise in 1901) / bricklayer
Parents' Address	16 Friday St, Leighton Buzzard, Beds
Wife
Wife's Address
Notes	served under surname of "Wise". Family appeared to change name to Wise in 1901 then back again to Shackleton by 1911. 5 brothers also served