In Memory Of

SHAW, JOHN HERBERT

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 6th Bn.
Regiment:
 Northumberland Fusiliers
Former Regiment:
 formerly 1st MR Natal Carbineers
Date of Death:
 1917-10-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Houlthurst Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 19 to 23 and 162.
Cemetery:
 TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Henry William Cross and Katherine Shaw. Husband of Alice Jacqueline Shaw. Born Yardley, Warwickshire, England. Educated Solihull School. Served in Boer War with Worcestershire Yeomanry. QSA w/3 clasps. Engaged in farming in South Africa. Joined Natal Carbineers and served in German South West Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918