Shaw, G (George)
Withey, C H (Charles Henry), Watson, R (Robert), Shaw, G (George), Powney, T E J (Thomas Edward John), Pawley, J T (John Thomas), Lockwood, H (Henry)
Private George Shaw was the son of William Bathurst Shaw; husband of Margaret Shaw, of 64, Grant St., St. Georges Cross, Glasgow. He served in the 2/1 Ayrshire Yeomanry Earl of Carrick’s Own and other unknown regiments. The 2/1 Ayrshire Yeomanry had only arrived in Ireland during the very month that he died. Strangely his death certificate lists him as a Serjeant.
George had a chronic dilation of the stomach. This then led to chronic heart failure,[1] which ultimately took his life in the Military Hospital, Londonderry.
George was eligible for the British War and Victory Medals but would have been awarded these while serving with a different battalion as the 2/1 Ayrshire Yeomanry never left the UK. Unfortunately, no further information is presently available. His wife applied for his medals in 1927.
Date of Death: 01/05/1918 (Aged 46)
Service: Private, Ayrshire Yeomanry
Service Number: 200010
Burial Location: Londonderry (or Derry), City Cemetery, G. Mil. 4
[1] Chronic heart failure is a heart attack.
