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Geoffrey Joseph Shaw was born on 3 January 1913, the son of Max Shaw (formerly Schwabacher), a stockbroker, and Amy (née Politzer). His father Lieutenant Max Shaw of the 16th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was killed in action on 15 September 1916. Geoffrey Shaw was educated at Rugby School from 1926 to 1930 and entered Worcester College, Oxford, on 9 October 1931. He was a member of the College Boat Club and rowed in the 2nd Eight in 1933. He achieved 2nd class honours in PPE in 1934. On leaving University he worked as a fur merchant.
Following the outbreak of war Geoffrey Shaw attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) on 2 November 1940. He was later attached to the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, joining them at L'Eponniere in France on 6 August 1944 where he was placed in command of No. 4 Platoon in SP Company.
At 8pm on 25 September 1944 the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were just to the north of the Wilhelmina Canal in Holland, having been involved in an attack that day, when they received orders for another attack the following day. They were to clear the open country to the north of the village of Liempde and the woods to its south. It was during this attack on the 26 September 1944 that Captain Geoffrey Shaw was killed in action, aged 31.
Geoffrey Shaw is buried in Mierlo War Cemetery in The Netherlands, and is commemorated on the war memorial at Worcester College, Oxford.