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Private J Shambrook

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Private John SHAMBROOK, G/19677, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (multiple gun shot wounds), 5 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 5th February 1918.

Born Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, son of Anthony & *Sarah Ann Shambrook.   *Died age 74, March 1905, Hatfield Registration District.

11th August 1908, Parish Church, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, John Shambrook, married Christina Pedder, spinster.

1911 Census - Hammond Street, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - John Shambrook, head, age 23, married, labourer, nursery, worker, born Cheshunt, Hertfordshire; Christina Shambrook, wife, age 25, married 2 years, no children, born Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.

1911 Census - Goffs Oak, Goffs Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - Anthony Shambrook, head, age 53, widower, 4 children born alive, labourer, market gardener, worker, born Cuffley, Hertfordshire.

Enlisted Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, age 28 years & 2 months, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 154lbs, wears upper denture, 4 vaccination marks left arm. Resided Hammond Street, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire / 2 Woodside Cottages, Longfield Lane, Cheshunt Common, Hertfordshire. Formerly nursery worker.

Home 11th January 1916 to 27th June 1917; BEF 28th June 1917 to 5th February 1918.

11th January 1916, enlisted; 11th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 17th April 1917, mobilized; 19th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, Service No.45377; 28th June 1917, posted BEF; 28th June 1917, 15th Infantry Base Depot; 28th June 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment; 21st July 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

19th August 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

Buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, IV. D. 26., France.