Regiment: Royal Naval Reserve RNR HM Drifter "Pelgaria"

BORN HULL 11/05/1870. SON OF JOHN SHAW & EMMA (FREEMAN), WARNE STREET SUTTON, HULL. WIFE ELLEN GOWER LIVED AT 108 , SOMERSET STREET, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL  24/10/1916  & NAVY ADDRESS). SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEERS ON THE DRIFTER "PELAGIA", LOST AT SEA, ON 28/11/1916. COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT. HIS WAR PENSION W […]

Born Brough, Yorkshire, 8 Sep 1877. Served in the Royal Naval Reserve, on HM Drifter Pelagia. Killed in action, on 28 Nov 1916, when his ship hit a mine. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. His Widow, Jane, lived at 4, Tavistock Street, Newland Avenue, Hull (CWGC address). He is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial.