The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private F W Shaw
Private Frederick William SHAW, L/9624, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died as a Prisoner of War, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 31st December 1916, age 25.
Born Wandsworth, Surrey, son of Alfred James and Isabella Shaw, of 7 Ludlow Road, Wandsworth, SW / 52 Palmerstone Road, Wandsworth, SW18 / 1, Hardings Terrace, Hilcot, Marlborough, Wiltshire / Butts Farm, North Newnton, Manningford Bruce, Marlborough, Wiltshire.
28th August 1892, St Stephen, Wandsworth, baptism of Frederick William Shaw, son of Alfred James, (labourer) and Isabella Shaw, 22 Ludlow Road.
Enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, age 19 years & 1 month, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 138lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair, scar over left ?????, scar over right shoulder, ??????? & outside right leg, & back of right hand. Formerly bricklayers labourer.
Home, 14th July 1911 to 18th December 1912 (Maidstone14th July 1911 to 20th November 1911 / Dublin, 21st November 1911 to 18th December 1912); India, (RMS Dufferin, 19th December 1912 to 9th January 1913 / Peshawar, 12th January 1913 / Cherat, 1st May 1913 / Peshawar, 17th October 1913 / Multan, 20th November 1913 / Hyderabad 8th August 1914), 19th December 1912 to 31st January 1915; India Expeditionary Force, 1st February 1915 to 31st December 1916.
14th July 1911, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th August 1911 to 8th August 1911, Maidstone Hospital, cowpox; 13th November to 20th November 1911, Maidstone Hospital, abrasion right knee, accident; 20th November 1911, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th December 1912, posted India & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th March 1913 to 9th April 1913, Peshawar Hospital, dyspepsia; 8th September 1913, Course in Sanitation; 11th October 1913, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 13th July to 20th July 1914, Multan, abcess, herbaceous cyst behind ear, incision; 25th November 1914, Hyderabad, dirty on guard mounting parade, mounting guard with torn hose tops, 5 days confined to Barracks; 6th February 1915, Asiatic Theatre of War; 8th to 24th February 1915, Basra General Hospital, for observation for measles, for he had been in contact with a case; 24th July 1915, Nasiriyah, wounded severely; 29th July 1915, Basrah, admitted to hospital, gun shot wound, right wrist; 14th August 1915, discharged from hospital; 15th September 1915, Nasiriyah, admitted to hospital, malaria; 14th October 1915, discharged from hospital; 29th April 1916, posted missing; 29th April 1916, Kut al Amarah, presumed Prisoner of War; 23rd May 1919, Army Council has decided that this soldier is to be regarded for official purposes as having died on or since between 29th April 1916 and 31st December 1916.
3rd November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Alfred James Shaw, 52 Palmerstone Road, Wandsworth, SW18; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Henry Shaw, age 48, 55? Bat??????? Grove, Wandsworth, SW; Thomas Shaw, age 45, Stanton? Street, Bernard? Wikltshire; James Shaw, age 38, 3 Trepost? Street, Wandsworth; Arthur Shaw, age 30, 32 Trip????, Street, Battersea; Sisters - Mabel Shaw. age 43, 47 Lyddon? Grove, Wandsworth; Lucy Shaw, age 40, 11 Collison Road, Wandsworth; Rhoda Shaw, age 35, 52 Palmerstone Road, Wandsworth.
Commemorated at Basra Memorial, Panel 29, Iraq.
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