Sgt. John Shaw . Royal Air Force 49 Squadron I came across these pictures in an album of my fathers and hope they might be of interest.
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L/Cpl. John T. "Trevor" Shaw . British Army Durham Light Infantry If anyone can put me in touch with anyone who may have been at Stalag 11A with my father, Lance Corporal John T Shaw, of the Durham Light Infantry, (known as 'Trevor') in the latter part of WWII I'd be very greatful to know more about life in the camp.
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Sgt. John Cecil Shaw MID. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 49 Sqdn. from Hayes (d.4th Jan 1942) I have some photos of the military funeral Of Sgt J.C Shaw (in the POW camp Stalag Luft 1st January 1942.) They look to be giving him a funeral with full military honours, complete with a volley by the Germans. I have been told that he was shot trying to escape, but have no idea about the escape. Was he by himself? Were others shot? How did they try to escape? If anybody could answer these questions I would be very grateful.
Update: Sgt Shaw was shot attempting to escape. There were no others involved. During his escape attempt he had apparently been spotted by a guard and held his hands up, surrendering, but the guard shot him dead anyway. There was an inquiry by the Germans, but there doesn't seem to have been any action taken as a result of this. The Germans allowed a full military funeral.
Sgt Shaw's Hampden P4404 of 49 Squadron had been brought down about 50 miles south of Paris and all the crew became POWs. A subsequent shooting of another member of the crew occurred after the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft 3. F/Lt Brian Herbert Evans was one of the many escapees, but was recaptured. The Gestapo executed him on 31st March 1944. He is buried in Poznam Old Garrison Cemetery.
The full crew were:
Sgt J.C. Shaw (pilot)
F/Lt B.H. Evans (navigator)
Sgt D. Young (wop/airgunner)
W.K. O'Leary (wop/airgunner)
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JW Shaw . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JW Shaw served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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F/Lt. Lawrence Shaw . Royal Air Force 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron Lawrence Shaw served in 612 Squadron from 15th Feb 1942 to 9th Aug. 1942 in Reykjavik, 11th Aug. 1942 to 15th Sept. 1942 in Thorney Island, 16th Sept 1942 to 7th Dec. 1942 in Wick & again 4th Feb 1943 to 17th Apr. 1943 in Wick. 18th Apr. 1943 to 27th May 1943 in Davidstow Moor, 11th June 1943 and finally 1st Jul 1943 in Chivenor.
In among the above dates, flights are also recorded with 144 Squadron 8th Dec. 1942 to 21st Jan. 1943 from Leuchars.
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Pte. Leslie Shaw . Kings Own Scottish Borders from Preston
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LT Shaw . British Army LT Shaw served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Mabel Shaw . Women's Land Army from Saville Town, Dewsbury Mabel Shaw was called up in 1941. Her picture was put into the Dewsbury Reporter on March 14th 1942 with 5 other girls who had also joined up. She eventually was posted to Belvoir Castle where she met my father.
My mother had a great singing voice and won a state Amateur singing contest in 1942, she also sang for the at several concerts including "The State Theatre" in Grantham where she was top of the Bill!
I would be interested to know if anybody can recall my mother either singing or working in the WLA.
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MH Shaw . British Army MH Shaw served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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N Shaw . British Army Border Regiment N Shaw served with the Border Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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PCW Shaw . British Army PCW Shaw served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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TAG Percival Clifford Shaw . Royal Navy HMS Kenya from Manchester
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P/O. Peter M. Shaw . Royal Air Force 166 Squadron from Hipping Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale (d.11th June 1944) Peter Shaw flew a Lancaster bomber, taking off from Kirmington, Lincs on 10th of June 1944 at 22.31hrs.
The mission was to bomb the railway at Acheres, north of Paris.
The plane crashed at Mareil-le-Guyon and all seven members of the crew were lost.
I recently received information from the village where the graves are well looked after..
Peter's father, my grandfather, served with the RFC during the First World War and finished as a squadron commander. I'm wondering if he was in the same squadron?
He served as a colonel in the army during WW11.
I'd be grateful for any information.
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Pilot Officer R E Shaw . RAF 59 Squadron
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Reginald Walter Shaw . British Army Eighth Army from Derby I have Reginals Shaw's medals and know he was in the 8th Army (I believe he drove trucks), but he was very reluctant to speak about his experiences during the conflict, so my knowledge of his time is very, very basic indeed.
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RM Shaw . British Army King's Dragoon Guards RM Shaw served with the King's Dragoon Guards British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Flt.Sgt. Robert James Abadore Shaw . Royal Canadian Air Force No. 405 Squadron from Orillia, Ontario (d.15th Dec 1942) Robert Shaw was my first cousin, once removed.
According to RCAF records, Robert was not too bright but was very willing and, although he would never be a pilot, he aspired to join the Air Force. He joined the Special Reserve in November 1940 and then took the oath on 16th July 1941.
After training in various places, he was given 17 days’ embarkation leave and then disembarked in the UK on 9th March 1942. He was posted to No. 405 Squadron on 23rd November 1942 and re-mustered on 5th December 1942 as an Air Gunner. Unfortunately, he was killed in action just 10 days later, on 15th December. He had a fiancee at home in Canada, Nina Morley, and a father and large family of siblings waiting on his return. His mum, my great-aunt, had died in 1939.
He was posthumously awarded the following medals: 39-45 Star; European Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; CVSM, award & clasp; Memorial Bar.
I cannot find any record of a burial site so I am assuming that he died over water or in enemy territory where no memorial is possible.
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Ronald James Shaw . New Zealand Army 21st Battalion from Auckland, New Zealand My father, Ronald Shaw was captured at the battle of Maleme on Crete. He told me a mortar shell exploded near him and he was knocked unconscious. When he came to, the Germans had overrun the position and he was captured.
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F/O Ronald John Shaw . Royal Air Force 104 Squadron (d.5th May 1944) I do not much about my Uncle Ronald Shaw. I do know his Wellington was shot down by Night Fighter, whilst mine laying in the River Danube. He is buried near Budapest.
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F/O Ronald John Shaw . Royal Air Force 104 Sqdn (d.5th May 1944)
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1st Lt. Rudolph C. Shaw . United States Air Force 51st Fighter Gp. 26th Fighter Sqd. I am looking for anyone who served with the 26th Fighter Sqd., 51st Fighter Group out of Nanning during 1944, particularly from June to December. I am trying to acquire background on my uncle, then 1st Lt. Rudolph C. Shaw. He flew P-51-c on a mission on 11th November 1944 and went down in North Indochina.
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RW Shaw . British Army RW Shaw served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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S Shaw . British Army Royal Armoured Corps S Shaw served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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S Shaw . British Army Royal Armoured Corps S Shaw served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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T Shaw . British Army Royal Armoured Corps T Shaw served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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TA Shaw . British Army TA Shaw served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Lt. Teddy G. Shaw . US Army Air Force 748 Squadron (d.24th Aug 1944) My uncle, Lt. Teddy G. Shaw was a B-17 pilot with the 748th sqdrn. He and
his crew were lost on 24 August 1944. His mission summary is below along
with the names of his crew. I would like to one day visit England to see
where he was stationed. Unfortunately I never knew him, but recently
discover his voice via a recording he sent my grandmother just before
departing for England.
Mission No. 112, August 24, 1944, Target - Weimar
The target for the 457th on this date was manufacturing facilities about
five miles west of Weimar, Germany which was believed to be making V-2
rocket bombs. A nearby barracks of the Geatapo was also a target. The group
put up 36 planes. One plane, s/n 42-09755, left the formation and was not
seen again. Over the target another plane, s/n 42-97571, was hit by flak and lost and four others were badly damaged. The target was clearly visible as the squadrons bombed in trail. The target was left a smoking, burning ruin. No fighers nor flak were encountered on the way home.
This plane s/n 42-97558, named "Tis Me Sugar," and piloted by Lt Teddy G
Shaw, left the formation with no apparent problem. One report says that
there were no fighters or flak and the plane simply left the formation and
was not seen again. Another reports that he was hit by a lone jet fighter
plane, lost two engines, went into a spin and later exploded at a lower
altitude.
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Thomas Sutcliffe "Tommy" Shaw . British Army from Todmorden, Yorkshire My grandfather used to tell me stories of his time in the second world war when I was a small child. I know nothing except that he was in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and he mentioned being in India, Italy, and Africa. Based on my research, this may have meant he was in the 2/4th battalion, but that is just speculation. My name is Michael Yaneff, and I live in Toronto, Canada, which is where he emigrated to after the war with his wife, Sarah Cameron and their young daughter Valerie Shaw (my late mother).
My e-mail is myaneff@hotmail.com
Thanks!
Michael
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VC Shaw . British Army VC Shaw served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Spr. Victor Shaw . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) Victor Shaw of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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