| Name | John Montague SHAKESHAFT |
| Rank/Number | Private / RR/1225 |
| Regiment/Unit | South African Infantry / 1st Regiment |
| Enlisted | |
| Age/Date of death | 30 / 24 Mar 1918 |
| How died/Theatre of war | Killed / France & Flanders |
| Residence at death | |
| Cemetery | Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France |
| Grave Reference | Panels 95 - 98 |
| Location of memorial | Milton Keynes Village |
| Date/Place of birth | Mar qtr 1889 / Newport Pagnall |
| Date/Place of baptism | 25 Feb 1889 Newport Pagnell |
| Occupation of Casualty | farm lab, later engineer |
| Parents/Occupation | William Brice & Emma Shakeshaft / farmer |
| Parents' Address | Manor Farm, Milton Keynes |
| Wife | |
| Wife's Address | |
| Notes | left for South Africa 18 Jan 1913 on Armadale Castle as an engineer |