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Private Clarence Joseph SHAW, G/19553, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 12th October 1917, age 19.

Born Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, son of Everard and Clara Shaw, of 40, St. Bartholomew's Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.

1911 Census - 40, St. Bartholomew's Road, Nottingham - Everard Shaw, head, age 45, married, hosiery hand worker, worker, born Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; Clara Shaw, wife, age 48, married 22 years, 6 children, 4 still alive, born Sneaton, Nottinghamshire; Ernest W Shaw, son, age 21, single, cycle wheel builder, worker, born Thorneywood, Nottinghamshire; John Bernard Shaw, son, age 19, single, repairer railway, car & waggon works, worker, born Thorneywood, Nottinghamshire; Harold Sidney Shaw, son, age 17, single, carter, general carrier, worker, born Thorneywood, Nottinghamshire; Clarence Joseph Shaw, son, age 12, scholar, born Thorneywood, Nottinghamshire.

Enlisted Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, age 18 years & 290 days, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 130lbs, acne scars shoulders. Resided  40, St. Bartholomew's Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Formerly grocers warehouseman.

Home 24th June 1916 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 12th October 1917.

24th June 1916, deemed to have enlisted; 14th February 1917, Called up, Nottingham, & posted Depot, Sherwood Foresters, Service No.77575; 16th February 1917, posted 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 26th June 1917, posted BEF & 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 27th June 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 27th June 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 21st July 1917, 14 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

29th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Everard Shaw, 40, St. Bartholomew's Road, Nottingham; Mother, Clara Shaw, 40, St. Bartholomew's Road, Nottingham; Brothers - Ernest Shaw, age 30, 40, St. Bartholomew's Road, Nottingham; Bernard Shaw, age 28, 40, St. Bartholomew's Road, Nottingham; Sisters - none; Grandparents, none.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Belgium.