Basic Details
Surname
Shaw
Forenames
Joe
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married to Eveline Nellie and they had 4 children: he had worked as a tailor for 21 years before he enlisted in January 1915, initially into the artillery before tranfserrinjg. He died on the first day of the Somme attempting to capture the Hawthorn Redoubt mine crater. He is also commemorated on IWM 2689.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Beaumont Hamel, Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Auchonvillers
Cemetery
Hawthorn Ridge
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
1
Age at death
34
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial