A MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO WILLIAM SHAKES 13TH LONDON REGT – KENSINGTON BATTALION.

William Shakes lived in Paddington and enlisted in Kensington, joining the 13th Bn London Regiment.

He landed on the Western Front on November 3rd 1914 and was thus entitled to a 1914 Star Trio. He sadly died of wounds on January 22nd 1915, and was laid to rest in Estaires Communal Cemetery.