Individual Details
John Shaw
(Abt 1898 - 3 Apr 1920)
The Kilsyth Chronicle
Friday, April 9, 1920
Local News
He came through some heavy engagements and in the March offensive of 191 8 at Arras, he won the Military Medal. In October of the same year he wa s present with a gold watch for that distinction. Demobilised in Januar y last year, he had worked for a very brief period in the pits again. Hi s experiences had told upon his health, however, and since January of thi s year he has been in Bellahouston Hospital, where he passed away on Satu rday afternoon. A young man of about 25 years of age, he was the son o f Mr and Mrs Robt Shaw, High Barrwood, Kilsyth. The funeral, a public on e, was to the Kilsyth Cemetery on Wednesday.
Friday, April 9, 1920
Local News
He came through some heavy engagements and in the March offensive of 191 8 at Arras, he won the Military Medal. In October of the same year he wa s present with a gold watch for that distinction. Demobilised in Januar y last year, he had worked for a very brief period in the pits again. Hi s experiences had told upon his health, however, and since January of thi s year he has been in Bellahouston Hospital, where he passed away on Satu rday afternoon. A young man of about 25 years of age, he was the son o f Mr and Mrs Robt Shaw, High Barrwood, Kilsyth. The funeral, a public on e, was to the Kilsyth Cemetery on Wednesday.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1898 | ||||
| Death | 3 Apr 1920 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Families
| Father | Robert Shaw (1868 - 1944) |
| Mother | Isabella Morton (1871 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Richard Shaw (1901 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Helen Shaw (1903 - ) |
| Sibling | James Shaw (1904 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Alexander Shaw (1907 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Isabella Morton Shaw (1912 - ) |