Basic Details
Surname
Shaw
Forenames
Jonathan
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
26765
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 1 Pleasant Cottages, Walpole Street.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal J Shaw, regimental number 34074, died aged 42 on 13/12/1918 serving in the Lincolnshire regiment (attached to the 45th Labour Company of the Labour Corps, regimental number 26765), and is buried in grave IX.210 at Doncaster (Hyde Park) Cemetery in Yorkshire. They record him as the husband of Edith K Shaw of 15 Cheshire Road, Doncaster. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, which recorded him as "John Shaw", were noted that he died on 13/12/1918 at the Military Hospital at West Didsbury, and that his widow Edith K Shaw was his legatee. On the 1911 census Jonathan had been living with his wife Edith Kate and their children at 15 Cheshire Road, Wheatley, Yorkshire; he gave his place of birth as Peterborough. His marriage to Edith Kate Ramm had been registered in Doncaster District in 1900. On the 1881 census Jonathan had been living with his parents Harriet and Jonathan at Lincoln Road, Peterborough. When he was baptised as their son on 6/8/1882 at St Paul's Church in Peterborough the register was noted that he had been born on 28/8/1876. On the 1911 census his parents Harriet and Jonathan were living at 1 Pleasant Cottage, Walpole Street, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lincolns
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Manchester
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
December
Day of death
13
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds at Didsbury Hospital, Manchester
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
1, Pleasant COTTAGES WALPOLE STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial