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SHELVOKEs
The story of engineering
prowess and how a family name will become extinct in modern times
The SHELVOCKs
The story of one couple's
destiny to preserve the original family name from extinction
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the modern family name of SHILVOCK
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- COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES -
(including Black
Country & other War Memorials and other references)
The Commonwealth War Graves
Commission has recorded those fallen in battle.
For the UK SHELVOCK/SHILVOCK clan (no variants found) the losses
were as follows:
World War I
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World War II
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SHILVOCK 7
SHELVOCK 0
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SHILVOCK 0
SHELVOCK 1
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Ernest SHILVOCK, of
Halesowen
Frederick SHILVOCK, of Oldbury
Frederick James SHILVOCK, of Kidderminster
John Henry SHILVOCK
Joseph SHILVOCK, of Halesowen
Leonard SHILVOCK, of Halesowen
Rowland SHILVOCK, of Leamington
Charles Baden SHELVOCK, of Western
Australia*
In addition: J S
WRIGHT killed in action, 7/11/1918; a 2nd Lieutenant
in the Royal Garrison Artillery, part of the 219th Siege
Battery. Brother of William Edward SHILVOCK-WRIGHT,
born 17th Feb 1900 in Solihull, who Served with BEF in France
Dec 1915 - Aug 1916, transferred to RFA - served as Gunner
102347, 16/8/1916 - 6/9/1916 - discharged under age - mis-statement on enlistment. Gassed in Loos 1916. Not clear when
he re-joined, but accepted for Officer training from 12/8/18,
appointed temporary second Lieut. RFA 3/4/1919. There is a
letter (PRO ref: WO/339/13809) asking for his prompt release
on compassionate grounds as his brother had been killed, and
his widowed mother needed him home to run the family business
in Dale End Birmingham. Father died 1911. Possibly sons of
Mary SHELVOKE = Edward WRIGHT m. 2.5.1872 Leamington Priors - (Jun Qtr 1872
- Warwick 6d 720).
World War I:
ERNEST
SHILVOCK
Lance Corporal - 200303
1st/7th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment
who died aged 26 on Friday, 13th April 1917.
Son of Harry and Elizabeth SHILVOCK,
of 28, Quarry Lane, Hasbury, Halesowen, Birmingham.
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C
FREDERICK
SHILVOCK
Private - 34430
1st Bn., Worcestershire Regiment
who died on Wednesday, 21st November 1917. Age 40.
Husband of Clara J.
HILL (formerly SHILVOCK), of 220,
Rood End Rd., Oldbury, Birmingham.
TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Panel 75 to 77
FREDERICK
JAMES SHILVOCK
Private - 92207
11th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.)
who died on Sunday, 16th September 1917. Age 32.
Son of Fredrick
James SHILVOCK, of 26, Lyng Lane, West Bromwich;
husband of Eliza SHILVOCK, of 32 Back, Queen
St., Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A
JOHN HENRY
SHILVOCK
Lance Corporal - 24546
3rd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment
who died on Thursday, 24th August 1916.
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France
Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C
JOSEPH SHILVOCK
Private - 34958
1st Inf. Labour Coy. Hampshire Regt. transf. to (106662)
178th Coy., Hampshire Regiment Labour Corps
who died on Wednesday, 4th July 1917. Age 26.
Husband of Edith
SHILVOCK, of 21, Hill St., Halesowen, Birmingham
BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER
CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Grave I. C. 15.)
LEONARD
SHILVOCK
Private -14842
9th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment
who died on Tuesday, 10th August 1915. Age 21.
Son of Mrs. Sarah
SHILVOCK, of 12, Islington, Halesowen, Birmingham.
ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY
AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt [Grave J. 132.]
ROWLAND
SHILVOCK MM
Private -16056
10th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment
who died on Thursday, 30th May 1918.
SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France
World War II:
CHARLES BADEN
SHELVOCK
Private - WX5018
A.I.F. 2/4 M.G. Bn., Australian Infantry
who died on Tuesday, 17th April 1945. Age 38.
Son of Charles
and Elizabeth SHELVOCK; husband of Marjorie
SHELVOCK, of Leederville, Western Australia.
LABUAN MEMORIAL, Malaysia -
Panel 19.
[Charles Baden is further commemorated in
Koondoola, north of Perth, Western Australia. War veterans names have been used for
streets. There is a Shelvock Reserve Park & Shelvock Crescent.]
Having passed his medical on 17th June 1940, he
enlisted at Claremont, Perth on 23rd July 1940 under General Reinforcements.
He stated that his birthplace was Shrewsbury in 1906. His occupation was a
mechanic, and his married status given as single, although research shows that
he abandoned his wife and children in England. His father was given as
Charles SHELVOCK of unknown address. CB's address was 241 Beaufort Street,
Perth. He signed as Chas B Shelvock. At some stage his record was amended
to read married and wife as Marjorie SHELVOCK of 22 Oxford St, Leederville,
Perth. He was identified as having brown hair, hazel eyes, and as having scar
on thumb. He was enlisted as WX5018 into the 2/4 Machine Gun (MG) Battalion.
After basic training he was transferred to the 2/4
MG Battalion in December 1940 and underwent further training in assorted
schools and trade groups. He embarked for the war in July 1941 from
Freemantle, and most likely married before this date. While on the voyage he
was assigned as the cook for trade grouping II. In August 1941 he
disembarked at Darwin for further training.
In December 1941 he was assigned to AIF Malaya and
disembarked from Darwin, arriving Singapore via Batavia on 26th January
1942. Singapore surrendered on 15th February 1942 and CB was registered as a
battle casualty / missing in Malaya effective 16th February. So it appears he
was part of the reinforcements that tried to defend Singapore without success.
In effect CB's war was over after three weeks of battle.
He was reported as a POW in September 1943, 19
months after he was reported missing. 14 months later (November 1944) he
was reported as a POW in a Borneo camp. The records suggest he may have been
in the notorious Changi Prison until sometime in March 1943.
Unfortunately he was reported as having died in
captivity on the 1st November 1945 at Sandakan. No cause of death was given.
Although the war ended in September 1945, many Pacific outposts of the
Japanese may not have known the war was over or that rescue had not yet
reached this area. In addition, many POWs held by the Japanese were in very
poor condition and any disease or illness could have caused his death.
He was awarded the 1939/45 Star, the Pacific Star,
the Defence Medal, War Medal and ASM (presumably the Australian Service
Medal). These were mailed to his wife in Perth on 25th March 1953.
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Charles
Baden SHELVOCK
Enlisting in Perth, Australia
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SHELVOCK Crescent
and SHELVOCK Park in Koondoola, near
Perth, W. Australia.
Named after Charles Baden SHELVOCK
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- BLACK COUNTRY WAR MEMORIALS -
The following additional soldiers have been
commemorated from WW I:
- St. Mary's Oldswinford -
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Private
A. SHILVOCK
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Royal
Army Service Corps
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Sergeant
F. SHILVOCK
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Royal
Warwickshire Regiment
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Sapper
F. SHILVOCK
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Royal
Engineers
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Private
G. SHILVOCK
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Oxford
and Bucks Light Infantry
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Private
H. SHILVOCK
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Royal
Warwickshire Regiment
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Private
J. SHILVOCK
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Worcestershire
Regiment
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Private
S. SHILVOCK
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Army
Veterinary Corps
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Private
W. SHILVOCK
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Royal
Army Service Corps
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- Stourbridge War Memorial of 1923 -
Clearly, there are more soldiers
here not listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and attempts will be
made to identify them.
- OTHER MEMORIALS -
At St. Mary's church, Portsmouth,
a Maltese cross memorial includes the name of seaman Alfred SHILVOCK, AB
who died while serving in HMS Boadicea 1888-89.
- DESERTERS -
The Manchester & Lancashire
FHS has one SHELVOCK listed as a deserter in a
surname index CDROM (full name not known and no period given).
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