James Alexander Shanks

1937 - 1951  (14 years)

• Name	James Alexander Shanks
  Born	1937
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5B52E692764844F8B811EC4599D2C9ED3AED
  Buried	1951	Linlithgow Cemetery, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  	PLOT D-349
  Died	18 Aug 1951	Polmont, Redding, Stirling, Scotland
  	Cause: depressed fracture of skull
  Person ID	I17741	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	James Aitken Shanks,   b. 15 Sep 1906, Windy Walls, Silvermines Farm, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 25 Sep 1994, Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Jean Branks Young,   b. 10 Oct 1907, Brucefield Farm, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 31 May 1983, 20 Lucey Close, Reading, Berkshire, England  (Age 75 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1928	Church of Scotland, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Family ID	F3504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Jean B Young 1983 Alexander Shanks 1936 Catherine Shanks 1940 George Shanks 1944 James Shanks 1951 Plot: D-349

  
  

• Notes

  Died as a result of jumping off the back of his father's lorry. He landed on an embankment and rolled back under the rear wheels. This occurred on the service road leading to Lathallan House as they were returning home for lunch.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).