The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C A Shaw

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FOR THEY ARE CALLED

THE CHILDREN OF GOD"

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Private Charles Abraham SHAW, 202405, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 27229, Royal Berkshire Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 31st July 1918, age 19.

Born Didcot, Berkshire, son of Charles and Sophia Jane Shaw, of East Shefford Farm, near Newbury, Berkshire.

1911 Census - Bunow Cottage, Boxford, Berkshire - Charles Shaw, head, age 48, married, carter on farm, worker, born Upton, Berkshire; Sophia Shaw, wife, age 47, married 12 years, 4 children, all still alive, born West Hagbourne, Berkshire; Charles Shaw, son, age 11, school, born West Hagbourne, Berkshire; John Shaw, son, age 7, school, born West Hagbourne, Berkshire; Emma Shaw, daughter, age 6, school, born West Hagbourne, Berkshire; Olive Shaw, daughter, age 3, born Boxford, Berkshire.

Enlisted Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XX. K. 21A., Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.