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Major. George Duncan Shaw MC MID.
Australian Imperial Force 86th Battalion
from:Australia
George Duncan Shaw was born in Melbourne during 1894. Prior to the First World War he was a mechanical engineer and gained military experience through his engagement with the Citizen Military Forces, as a lance sergeant in the 86th Battalion. In 1914 Shaw attempted to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force, but could not gain the consent of his parents, forcing him to wait until he was 21. On 10 May 1915 Shaw joined the 28th Infantry Battalion as a second lieutenant, training at Blackboy Camp until departing Fremantle aboard the HMAT Ascanius on 29 June 1915.
At Gallipoli, Shaw was involved in the evacuation in December, remaining behind with a number of men at Russell's Top to support the retreat. After a short period in Egypt, Shaw was transferred to 2nd Pioneer Battalion in France and by the end of 1916 was promoted to captain. Shaw was Mentioned-in-Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig on 9 April 1917 and was gassed at the battle of Bullecourt in May 1917. On 20 September 1917 Captain Shaw took charge of a party proceeding with road works around Ypres, the party came under intense shelling and suffered a number of casualties. Shaw evacuated the wounded before motivating the remaining members of the party to complete the road works. For this action Shaw was awarded the Military Cross.
In mid-1918 Shaw was wounded and eventually invalided to Wandsworth Hospital, returning to Australia in December of that year. After the war George Shaw returned to the 86th Battalion and then enlisted in the Second World War.
Pte. George Shaw
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
(d.26th Apr 1916)
George Shaw died 26th April 1916 and is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq.
Pte. George Edward Shaw
British Army 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Hanley
George Shaw was born on 23rd of May 1897. He served in the British Army during WW1 and survived several major battles. He was wounded late on in the war and sent to Coventry Hospital to recover. A German bullet hit the back of his Benson silver pocket watch and undoubtedly saved his life. I still have the watch and his 3 medals. He was also gassed and lost his sense of smell as a result. This is as much as I know.
L/Cpl George Herbert Shaw
British Army 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hunslet, Leeds
(d.6th May 1916)
Sgt. George Edgar Horace Shaw
British Army 1/5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Hampshire, Totton
L/Cpl. George Edward Shaw
British Army 2nd/5th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
(d.21st Mar 1918)
George Shaw is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
H. Shaw
from:Aycliffe
Pte. Harold Vincent Shaw
Australian Imperial Force Australian Imperial Force 24th Btn.
My grandfather, Harold Vincent Shaw, was wounded on 4th October 1917 in France. He had joined up on 12th September 1914, joining the 24th Battalion via transfer in 1916. I am not sure what battle took place on that day.
Harold Shaw
British Army 2nd Battalion Border Regiment
from:Oldham
(d.31st December 1916)
Pte. Harry Shaw
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. Henry Shaw DCM.
British Army 250th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
from:174 High Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Herny Shaw was My Great-Grandad. He is featured in a Musselburgh News report, published on Friday, 18th of January 1918:
Musselburgh Man Wins the D.C.M.
Sergeant Henry Shaw, of the Royal Engineers, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He joined the colours in September 1915, and previous to that had been engaged as a mining contractor at Carberry Colliery, and later with the Niddrie and Benhar Coal Company at No 13 Pit. His wife and family reside at 174 High Street, Musselburgh.
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a long period while engaged in offensive mining operations under repeated hostile bombardments. On one occasion his courage and determination undoubtedly saved many lives when a sudden inrush of water endangered the mine." Details provided by, Major J Cowley OBE DCM The Gallantry Medallists' League, published in The London Gazette, 17th April 1918
Sgt. Herbert Wilson Shaw MM.
British Army 24th (Oldham Pioneers) Btn. A Coy. Manchester Regiment
from:Arthurs, Oldham
Herbert Shaw volunteered in 1914, one of the original Oldham Pals and served throughout the war, first in France and then in Italy. He won a Military Medal for his actions on 8th of May 1917 at the Battle of Arras (Bullecourt). Under heavy bombardment he finished work on Bullecourt Avenue, removed his platoon and then found out that several men were missing. He returned through the barrage, located the men and brought them in.
Pte Hubert A Shaw
British Army 13th Btn King's Regiment (Liverpool)
(d.14th July 1916)
Private Hubert Shaw served with the 13th Battalion Liverpool Regiment in WW2. He died 14th of July 1916 and is buried Carnoy Military Cemetery G 40 France.
Pte. Jacob Spedding Shaw
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Sunderland
(d.16th Aug 1917)
James Alexander Shaw
Royal Naval Air Service 3 Squadron
from:81 Earlswood Road, Victoria, Down
James Alexander Shaw (Ally as he liked to go by) was a friend of Tommy Byers. They both lived on Earlswood Road in East Belfast, Ireland. Ally Shaw was in house 81 and Tommy Byers was in house 188. Ally Shaw worked in the Linen Trade in 1911 and he was 18 years old at the time. I have some photos of Ally Shaw that Tommy had acquired from him. Both Ally Shaw and Tommy Byers made it through the war.
Bmbdr. James Shaw
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Coatbridge
James Shaw served with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
Pte Joe Shaw
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.28th March 1918)
Shaw, Joe, Private 41056, Killed in action on 28th March 1918.
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte John Henry Shaw
British Army Hampshire Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.5th December 1918)
John Shaw,Pte. 87878. 1st Bn. Hampshire Regt. died of Influenza on the 5th of Dec. 1918 aged 30. He was the son of Thomas and Jane Shaw, Husband of Annie Shaw (nee Marshall) of 133 Victoria Square, Juvenal st Liverpool. This Gentlemen was my Great Great Grandfather who survived the to see end of the war but Died in a Field Hospital in Valenciennes France of Influenza.
It would mean a great deal to me if anyone had any information of my relative and to know that he can be recognised for his bravery via this website, I dont have a great deal of infomation on him and its extremely hard to find information about him or the 1st Bn. Hampshire Regt.
Pte. John Herbert Shaw
British Army 15th Battalion att.105th T.M. Bty Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
from:Retford
(d.10th Apr 1918)
John Shaw, aged 34 was the son of Joseph and Annie Shaw, of The Carr, Retford and husband of Ethel Shaw, of 2 Carr Rd., Retford, Notts. He is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial.
Pte. John William Shaw
Australian Army 11th Field Ambulance
from:Melbourne
My Dad, Jack Shaw enlisted when he was 18. I remember medals saying he was in the 11th Field Ambulance which was first in England and then in service in France. That is all the records I have of him: I would like to trace some information about his service and records or dispatches as he came back to Australia and somehow he survived that horrible period of the war and died in 1946.
CSM.. Percy Shaw DCM.
British Army 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:267 Welbeck Rd.
My grandfather, Percy Shaw enlisted at Sandown, Isle of Wight on 2nd June 1894. He was initialy sent to Penninsular Barracks in Winchester and then, after training posted, funnily enough, to the 1st Battalion at Parkhurst Barracks on the Isle of Wight. After postings to Malta and Singapore his battalion was posted to South Africa. His battalion were involved in much fighting throughout the Boer war including the relef of Ladysmith (Mentioned In Despatches), Tugela Heights, Colenso and the battle of Monte Cristo. It was while defending a baggage train (F company-v-300 Boers)that he was wounded and put forward for the D.C.M. The medal being gazetted in 1900. He was wounded one more time before the battalion was sent back to U.K. in 1902. Then followed what appears to be the normal round of peactime postings one of which was Dublin.
Then four million Germans came over the horizon!! Still with F compny, 1 Rifle Brigade he embarked for France. My mum, his second daughter, being born at Colchester Garrison 2 weeks after he left. The Battalion's actions during the War are a matter of record. During an action near Mons he rescued an officer who was wounded on a bridge and still under fire, a recomendation was made for a V.C. but the officer concerned died at the regimental aid post and the rules then were an officer must witness the deed or action. After being wounded twice more he was posted at the end of hostilities to the Labour Corps finally being repatriated to the U.K. from Le Havre in 1919 when he was reunited with the four and a half year old daughter he had never seen.
He continued in the Army serving 25 yrs and 65 days. He then worked at the Army School of Equitation untill ill health forced him to retire in 1933. He died in Worthing in 1936. And as of this date 30 January 2012 the daughter he never saw untill she was nearly 5 is still alive and is 97.
Pte. Robert Wynn Shaw
British Army 1st/4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
from:Blackburn, Lancashire
(d.29th August 1915)
Robert Wynn Shaw was my great uncle, the brother of my maternal grandmother. He died in August 1915 and is buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery in Alexandria, Egypt. His name is also commemorated on the war memorial at St James Church, Blackamoor near Darwen Lancashire.
He was only 19 years old when he died. According to information handed down in the family, he died of disease. We don't have any more information on the circumstances of his death but from information found online about the regiments movements during WW1, we think it likely he had been based in Egypt since late 1914. We don't know if he saw action but would like to know this.
According to my late mother, his poor mother never recovered from losing him at such a young age. None of the family has ever visited his grave. I would like to do so, but travelling to Alexandria is a bit of a daunting prospect. The inscription on his stone, according to the CWGC website is 'In Jesu's keeping'. I'd like to know if this was likely to have been supplied by his family or his comrades.
Pte. Sam Shaw
British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Wakefield
2nd Lt. Sydney Thomas Shaw
British Army 12th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.11th May 1916)
Second Lieutenant Sydney Shaw served with 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment and was attached to the 10th Battalion when he died of wounds on 11th of May 1916. He was 24 years old. Sydney was buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
Pte. Thomas Shaw
British Army 1/6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Winshill, Burton on Trent
(d.1st July 1916)
Thomas Shaw married my great aunt Ethel Savage on 24th of August 1914. I thought originally that he went to France in May/June 1916 for the Somme offensive, but I came across a reference to the award of the 1915 Star. It is possible he came across to France in 1915 and he could have taken part in the Battle of Loos.
He was killed in action on 1st of July 1916 along with so many others in the attack, in the attack on Gommecourt Wood. His body was never identified, but he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte Thomas Shaw
British Army 6th Btn Seaforth Highlanders
(d.9th Apr 1918)
Tpr. W. H. Shaw
British Army Ayrshire Yeomanry
Pte. William Shaw
British Army Black Watch
from:Stirling
Private William Shaw served with the Black Watch during WW1 and his home town is given as Stirling.
William Henry Shaw DCM.
British Army 12th Btn. Kings Royal Rifles Corps
(d.1st Feb 1920)
Pte William Henry Shaw R/1286 Kings Royal Rifles was my great grandfather. He was awarded the DCM for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has frequently shown great gallantry under fire particularly in rescuing a wounded comrade under shell fire. He sent my Grandfather this Christmas card and he treasured this all his life. We know very little about him as my Grandfather was only 8 years old when his father died from war injuries. Even though I never met him, I am very proud and will always remember the sacrifice he made for us.
Pte. William Arnold Shaw
British Army 2/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Stokton, Warwickshire
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