| Name: | William Shanks |
|---|---|
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment/Service: | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Unit Text: | 2nd Bn. |
| Age: | 23 |
| Born: | Shankill Co. Antrim |
| Enlisted: | Castledawson |
| Date of Death: | 21/03/1918 |
| Service No: | 15997 |
| Awards: | Military Medal |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead. KIA. |
| Grave/Memorial Ref: | Panel 38 to 40. |
| Memorial: | Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. |
| Additional information: | In 1911 Willie was a power loom weaver and lived with his widowed grandmother, Mrs Mary Ann Shanks in Castledawson town. |