An Immediate Second World was Gustav Line Military medal group to Signalman Shackleton Royal Signals / Late Cheshire Yeomanry

G.VI.R. Military Medal, correctly impressed 557797 Sgln. E. Shackleton. R. Signals/

1939 to 45 Star

Africa Star

Italy Star

War Medal

Condition GVF

Eric Shackleton was a native of Hoylake in Cheshire. Originally a member of the Cheshire Yeomanry, which served in Palestine from 1940 as a horsed Yeomanry Regiment.

Shackleton saw served in Palestine and Lebanon until 1942, when the Cheshire Yeomanry was converted to the Royal Signals. He became a member of L Section, which was sent to Italy.

 Awarded the MM for the River Gari crossings on the night of 11/12^th May 1944. The award was gazzeted on the 26^th of October 1944. The citation is as follows;

‘This man was W/T operator in the 28, Inf. Bde. Control Post at the Boat Assembly position during the initial stages of the crossing of the river Gari on the night 11/12 May. His action is specially commendable when the control post received a direct hit killing instantly three officers one Sjt. and two sgmn. and wrecking all line communication. With these conditions around he continued to man his 22 W/T/ set in a perfectly calm manner, reporting all information back to Bde. H.Q. He thus provided the last vital link of communication between Bde. H.Q. and the river area which was so imperative at this period. He continued calmly to maintain these communications until the Bns were across the river and he was called in the following day´