Shaw William Hetherington Lieut

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Surname: Shaw;

Forename(s): William Hetherington;

Initials: WH;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Number: PS/7610;

Previous Battalion: 19 of;

Previous Regiment: R Fus;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 3 Bn;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 08-Oct-1918;

Other Data: Commsn Hants Regt att MGC
See 3 Bn Magazine (No 6) for account of his death
BWM & ID tag offered DNW July '21:
British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. W. H. Shaw); together with the recipient's card identity tag 'W. H. Shaw. C.E. PS7610 19R.F.' £50-£70 Offered again, Spink Auctions, Dec '22
William Hetherington Shaw attested for the 19th (2nd Public Schools) Battalion. Royal Fusiliers, and served with them during the Great
War on the Western Front from 14 November 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment on 26 September 1916. he
subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action whilst serving with the 3rd Battalion on the Western Front on 8
October 1918. He is buried in Grand Ravine British Cemetery. Havrincourt. France.
Sold together with a Short & Mason Ltd., London, Mark V compass, numbered 108257. in full working condition, reputedly used by the
recipient to ensure that his machine guns were correctly sighted: and copied research.;

Other Notes: SHAW, Lieutenant, WILLIAM HETHERINGTON, 3rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 8th October 1918. Age 30. Son of Samuel Robert and Eliza Jane Shaw, of Southsea; husband of Gwendoleen Clive Howard (formerly Shaw). C. 50. Grand Ravine British Cemetery, Havrincourt - Pas De Calais, France.;

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