James Arnold Shiels was the son of James Lyle Shiels. Private James Shiels was serving with the 3rd Reserve Battalion of the Scots Guards when he died on Thursday 1st February 1917. Guardsman James A Shiels is buried in Kirkintilloch (Auld Aisle) Cemetery in Dunbartonshire in Scotland. The CWGC record Private J A Shiels as the son of James Lyle Shiels of Auchinloch, Lenzie, Glasgow.