Private Walter Ernest Clive Shaw
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Shaw,
Walter Ernest Clive
Date of birth: 1890-04-03
Place of birth: Midland Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Millie Shaw, wife. Midland, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Moulder
Occupation (normalized): Bench Moulder (Metal)
Address:
Midland, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-10-21
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, I. H. 68.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 853597
Highest Rank:
Private
(123rd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-10-06 to 1917-10-21
- Private (Army). 1917-05-14 to 1917-10-05
- Private (Army). 1916-06-12 to 1917-05-14
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Ypres
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 99655
LAC ID:
223952
Service file: B8816-S012
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Allen Shaw and Bertha Florence Shaw (nee Sanderson); older brother of Frederick James Matthew Shaw (Service No. 622260) and Basil Howard Kinsman Shaw (Service No. 440293); husband of Aurelia Sarah 'Millie' Shaw (nee Mitchell) married June 10, 1914
One of 20 soldiers of C Company killed by a high explosive shell that hit their platoon as they marched towards Ypres.
Uploader's Research notes:
Circumstances of Death
177th Battalion Nominal Roll
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 177th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion C Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-11-21