Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Bethune Town Cemetery | II. M. 3. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.134 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 55A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of the late Charles and Marianne Shaw.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st King Edward's Horse |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
The website RBS Remembers records the following detail:
"Charles Athelstan Shaw was born in Victoria, Australia, on 19 June 1878, the eldest son of Charles Shaw, an Australian merchant, and his wife Marianne. His family migrated to England in 1888, but his father died soon afterwards, and he was educated at Dean Close School in Cheltenham.
On 14 November 1895, when he was 17 years old, he began working for National Provincial Bank of England as an apprentice at its Cheltenham branch. He moved to the bank's Darlington branch as a clerk in July 1900. Upon the outbreak of the Boer War he volunteered for active service in the Yorkshire Dragoons and served in the army for 19 months. When he returned to the bank in 1902 he transferred to the bank's London office, moving to Piccadilly branch in December 1903 and to Oxford Street branch, where he was promoted to pro cashier, in December 1909. His banking career continued to advance and he was appointed pro accountant at Putney branch in October 1911 and junior accountant there in January 1914.
Some years before the First World War he was commissioned into King Edward's Horse, and on the outbreak of war was in camp with the regiment. He was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain in November 1914, taking command of the regiment's Machine Gun Section. King Edward's Horse went to France in August 1915.
Shaw died on 9 January 1916 of wounds received in action in France. A colleague wrote that 'a large shell burst over the courtyard of a house where he was standing, and he was wounded in the head in three places' He was taken to a dressing station, then to hospital, 'but there was no hope from the first'. Just prior to his death he had been recommended for promotion to Brigade Commanding Officer of a new company which was being formed in England. He was 37 years old and unmarried."
See also IWM for further information.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | King's Colonials No. 3386 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
21st February 1909 | 21st February 1910 | 18th April 1910 |
Bank Clerk resident in Sutton when he was initiated in 1909. The contribution record shows that he "Died of Wounds 9th Jany 1916."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley
Last Updated: 2019-12-26 12:33:37