Shekleton, Alexander

Date of birth:: February 28th, 1891 (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
Date of death:: March 1st, 1941
Mentioned on:: Ottawa Cremation Memorial
Nationality:: British

Biography

July 3, 1923: Group Captain.

Alexander Shekleton was commander of No. 31 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Kingston, Ontario.

Previously served in the Royal Munster Fusiliers before joining the Royal Flying Corps. In 1919, he resigned his commission to accept a permanent role in the RAF.

After months of working to establish the RAF Fleet Air Arm Training Station in Kingston & Gananoque, Ontario, he collapsed and died of heart failure on 1 March 1941. His wife requested his cremation and that his ashes be scattered over Lake Ontario.

Husband of Irene Mary (née Watkins) Shekleton, son of Alexander Shekleton (Natal Police sub-inspector) and Margaret Jane (née Nunn) Shekleton.

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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1918

"For distinguished services in the Field in connection with Military Operations, culminating in the capture of Jerusalem."

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:: April 3rd, 1918

"For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty by General Sir E. 'H. H. Allenby, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Commander-inChief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, in his despatch of the 3rd April, 1918."