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Surname: SHAW
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 4284
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 3/6th Battalion
Division: ---
Age: 41
Date of Death: 1915-09-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: N. 'C.' 1731.
CWGC Cemetery: SKIPTON (WALTONWRAYS) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
James Shaw was the son of William and Ellen Shaw (née -). William was born at Blackburn, Lancashire and Ellen at Dublin, Ireland.
1881 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 16, Cable Street - James Shaw, aged 6 years, born Burnley, son of William and Ellen Shaw. [James and his parents were lodging with Barbara Conlen.]
1891 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 18, Chalk Street - James Shaw, aged 16 years, born Burnley, son of Wm. and Ellen Shaw.
James was married to Sarah Jane Pickles in 1895.
1901 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 22, Stanhope Street - James Shaw, aged 26 years, born Burnley, husband of Sarah J. Shaw.
1911 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 16, Stanhope Street - James Shaw, aged 36 years, born Burnley, husband of Sarah Jane Shaw.
The British Army Service Record for James Shaw exists but may be incomplete. [James and Sarah's children - Elizabeth, Edward and Ivy - are named in the Army Service Record.]
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Shaw, 4284, 3/6th Bn West Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 2.9.15 Skipton Cottage Hospl. Pneumonia. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Joseph Moulden. £0 19s 5d. For childn of Dec'd in accordance with undertaking.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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