Cemetery: Plymouth Naval Memorial
Country: England
Area: Devon
Rank: Trimmer
Force: Mercantile Marine
Official Number: 801188
Unit: H.M.S. "India." Mercantile Marine Reserve
Country of Service: British
Details: Killed in action with submarine off Norwegian coast 08-Aug-1915 Son of Sarah A. Shanks (formerly Farrier), of 21, St. George's Rd., West Hill, Hastings. Born at Hastings, Sussex. His brothers Albert Edward and Thomas Frederick also fell. 9.
Photograph by Steve Rogers