In Memory Of

SHAW, DOUGLAS

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1918-11-02
Service No:
 D/JX 144645
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Neptune
Regiment:
 Royal Navy
Date of Death:
 1941-12-19
Cause of Death:
 Ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 48, Column 2.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
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.