Shaw, William –

Son of Mrs. Mary Shaw, of 19, High Street, Little Lever, Lancashire; of 82, Primrose Street, Kearsley, Lancashire.

Personal details

  • Surname: Shaw
  • Forename: William
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Kearsley, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 29
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: June 25th, 1916
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Unit: "B" Battery, 165th Brigade.
  • Service number: L/2450
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: February 19th, 1915 - 1915-02-19
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
  • CWGC reference: II. C. 18.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 26/02/1915 14/07/1916
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f 5f
  • Bolton Chronicle: 27/02/1915
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 05/11/1915 05/01/1917 16/03/1917 29/06/1917 06/07/1917 28/06/1918

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