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Surname: SHAW
Forename(s): Fred
Place of Birth: Slaithwaite, Yorkshire
Service No: 28757
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-06-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 33.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Fred Shaw (born 2 March 1877) was the son of Ned and Ann Shaw, née France. Both of Fred's parents were born at Slaithwaite, Yorkshire.
1881 Slaithwaite, Yorkshire Census: Booth Banks - Fred Shaw, aged 4 years, born Slaithwaite, son of Ned and Ann Shaw.
1891 Slaithwaite, Yorkshire Census: Boothbanks - Fred Shaw, aged 14 years, born Slaithwaite, son of Ned and Ann Shaw.
1901 Slaithwaite, Yorkshire Census: Booth Banks - Fred Shaw, aged 24 years, born Slaithwaite, son of Ned and Ann Shaw.
Fred was married to Mary Elizabeth Blades in 1909.
1911 Hawes, Yorkshire Census: Town Head - Fred Shaw, aged 34, years, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, husband of Mary Elizabeth Shaw.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Fred Shaw, 28757, Yorkshire Regiment.
Fred is commemorated on the Slaithwaite War Memorial.
A short biography of Fred is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Fred SHAW
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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Ann Shaw, née France, the mother of Private Fred Shaw
Courtesy of Janet Shaw Lockyer, great-granddaughter of Ned and Ann Shaw
Ned Shaw, the father of Private Fred Shaw
Courtesy of Janet Shaw Lockyer, great-granddaughter of Ned and Ann Shaw
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13 July 1917
HAWES – PRIVATE FRED SHAW MISSING
News was received last Saturday by Mrs. Shaw, Hawes, wife of Private Fred Shaw, Yorkshire Regiment, that her husband had been missing since June 7th. Unofficial news to the same effect reached Mrs. Shaw about three weeks ago, and after repeated enquiries a letter arrived last Saturday from the officer commanding his company stating that Pte. Shaw had been missing since the 7th ult. He had not passed through into hospital and no news of his being a prisoner has been received. The officer, in expressing his and his fellow officers regrets at being unable to give definite information, spoke in high terms of Private Shaw as a good and brave soldier, and said they were sorry to lose him from the Company. Pte. Shaw joined up in June 1916, and went overseas in September the same year. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Shaw, who still entertains the hope that her husband will return.
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