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Private F W Shaw

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Private Frederick William SHAW, G/11794, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 21 Casualty Clearing Station; Flanders France, 22nd November 1917, age 22.

Born Plymouth, Devonshire, son of  *George Shaw & Annie Shaw,  28, Alfred Road, Gravesend, Kent. *1910 March Devonport Registration District, died age 57.

1911 Census - 28, Alfred Road, Gravesend, Kent - Ethel Thomas, head/wife, age 30, married 2 years, 1 child, still alive, husband (attendant at Asylum, Sydney?, born Richmond, Yorkshire; Norman A Thomas, son, age 1, born Gravesend, Kent; Annie Shaw, mother in law, age 55, widow, born Hunton, Yorkshire; Mary M Shaw, sister in law, age 23, dressmaker, own account, at home, born Richmond, Yorkshire; Frederick W Shaw, brother in law, age 15, born Devonport, Devon.

Enlisted 8th December 1915, Gravesend, Kent, age 21 years & 235 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 139lbs, vision normal, right testical small.  Resided 28 Alfred Rd, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly milkman.

Home, 8th December 1915 to 23rd May 1916; BEF, 24th May 1916 to 30th July 1916; Home, 31st July 1916 to 22nd May1917; BEF 23rd May 1917  to 22nd November 1917.

8th December 1915, enlisted; 9th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 21st January 1916, mobilized from Reserve; 24th May 1916, posted  BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 26th July 1916, wounded; 29th July 1916, transferred to England; 31st July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1916 to 7th August 1916, Temporary Hospital, Exeter, gun shot wound right thigh; 7th August 1916 to 26th August 1916, The Manor House Convalescent Home, North Covey, Moreton, Hampstead; 5th September 1916, Maidstone, overstaying his furlough from Tattoo till 3pm 7th inst. admonished, forfeits 3 days pay; 9th November 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd May 1917, posted BEF & embarked; 8th June 1917, joined "B" Company, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 20th November 1917, wounded in action.

1st September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, none; Mother, Annie Shaw,  28, Alfred Road, Gravesend, Kent; Brothers - Ernest Harold Shaw, age 35, 28, Alfred Road, Gravesend, Kent; Sisters - Ethel Thomas, age 38, Morrison Road, Gladesville, Sydney, NSW; Maud Annie Greatorex, age 34, 14 Napier Terrace, Plymouth, Devon; May Shaw, age 32, 28, Alfred Road, Gravesend, Kent.

Buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, II. B. 28., Manancourt, France.