18th Brigade, 6th Division, III Corps, Third Army. Battle of Cambrai, France, 20th November-3rd December, 1917. The tank attack, 20th-21st November 1917.
Locally Commemorated:
Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated:
-
Overseas Commemorated:
Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France.
Buried:
No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs:
0
Service Records:
No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Blaydon Courier, page 8, 29th December 1917.
Family Details:
Husband of Elizabeth Shotton, of Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Notes :
The 1914 Electoral Roll names an Edward Shotton residing at Edwin Terrace, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co Durham.
Sources Used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.