SHIPWAY,+J.+C.

Shipway, John Cecil, Lieutenant, 24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) Date of death 28th August 1918 Aged 25 Nationality: Canadian Son of Frank and Ann Shipway, of Sheffield; husband of Hetty Shipway, of 44 Fieldhead Rd, Sheffield, England Buried in Quebec Cemetery, Cherisy, France, Grave Reference: C 11 1911 Census Born Sheffield, Yorkshire A steelworks clerk Son of Francis, a railway signalman, and Ann Shipway, of 31, Warner Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, Yorkshire Information from the Library and Archives Canada digitised service records: John Cecil Shipway was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, on the 20th February 1893, and enlisted at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 3rd November 1914, giving his next of kin as his father, Frank Shipway, of 31, Warner Road, Sheffield. He stated his occupation as a salesman, and he had previously served for three months with the Toronto Home Guards. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and auburn hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He was described as being slightly bow legged.

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