Service Details
Name:
 SHAW
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 D/JX 144645
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Neptune
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-19
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Date of Birth:
 1918-11-02
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
Additional
Information:
Son of Anthony Wilson Shaw and Amy Shaw, of Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia. Born Woodstock, Cape Town. Educated Ceres High School; Cadet Draft 1934-5. On leaving General Botha Douglas Shaw joined the Royal Navy as Able Seaman and served in HMS Royal sovereign, HMS Royal Oak, and finally HMS Neptune, when she was lost at sea.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 48, Column 2.

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