BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES SHAW (1865-1902) AND JULIA FOSTER (1864-1947), OF 18, MONA AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 10, VICTOR STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 12, SPRING TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER AND LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTER. HE ENLISTED AS “A1” SOLDIER, ON 01/07/1909. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 114 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHEST SIZE, WOUNDED IN 1915. HE ALSO CONTRACTED MALARIA IN SALONIKA ON 27/09/1916. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 330610, LABOUR CORPS. DISCHARGED ON 12/03/1919. (50% DISABILITY). DIED AT HOME, ON 24/03/1921. (WAR PENSION LEDGER).
HIS MOTHER, MARRIED THOMAS CUNDY, 21ST MANCHESTER REGIMENT, AND MOVED TO 2, ROSE VIEW, COURTNEY STREET, HULL IN 1919.
First name:
ROBERT SIDNEY
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/5457
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/03/1921
Place died:
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
34
