BORN HULL 1879. SON OF LOUIS AND SARAH SHAW, OF 11, VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER, AT ALEXANDRA DOCK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 38-40 INCH CHEST, DARK HAIR, SCAR FROM ABCESS ON RIGHT JAW. “GOOD” CHARACTER
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 12/06/1917. SERVED ON HOME FRONT, WITH THE 5TH TRAINING BATTALION, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. DISCHARGED ON 10/05/1918. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, ON 03/08/1918, AGED 39, AFTER 333 DAYS SERVICE. NO CWGC RECORDS.
HE WAS NOT AWARDED A SILVER WAR BADGE, BECAUSE HE DID NOT NOT SERVE OVERSEAS AND WAS UNDER 41 YEARS OF AGE.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
132275
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/08/1918
Place died:
HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, UK
Age:
39
