Private ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW (photo added)
| Rank | Private |
| Forenames | ERNEST MERRYWEATHER |
| Surname | SHAW (photo added) |
| Initials | E M |
| Place of Birth | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | Unknown |
| Date of Death | Monday, 10 July 1944 |
| Age | 19 |
| Nationality |
British
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| Residence or Entered Service From | BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Service Number | 14545647 | Force |
British Army
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| Service/Corps/Regiment | Dorsetshire Regiment |
| Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 5 Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment (43rd Wessex Infantry Division) |
| Military Honours and Awards | |
| Place of Burial/Commemoration |
SAINT-MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Roll of honour |
| Grave/Memorial Location | I. D. 5. |
| Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
| Epitaph | |
| Family Details | SON OF PERCY MERRYWEATHER SHAW AND ELLEN GRACE CAROLINE SHAW, OF WRAXALL, BRISTOL. |
Additional Information
ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW, was the second son of Ellen Grace Caroline Shaw (neé Rowley of Avonmouth, Bristol). His only brother Aircraftman 1st Class 623583 Clifford Granville Shaw was killed in 1940, aged only 19. He was the wireless operator and machine gunner in a Bristol Blenheim, 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Runnymede Memorial.
Their father, Percy Merryweather Shaw had been interned in Ruhleben Civilian Prison Camp, near Berlin in Germany, during the First World War, as he was a ship's engineer on a British merchant ship that was in the port of Hamburg when war was declared.1
Private ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW was killed in Normandy on Monday 10th July 1944 while serving with 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Like his elder brother, he was only 19 years old when killed.
References |
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| 1. | Information and photographs kindly provided by Anthony Le Couteur, cousin of Private ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW. |
Acknowledgements and Credits |
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| Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
| Cross marker photograph: | Anthony Le Couteur, cousin of Private ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW. |
| Individual photograph: | Anthony Le Couteur, cousin of Private ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW. |
| Additional photographs provided by: | Anthony Le Couteur, cousin of Private ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW. |
| Additional information provided by: | Anthony Le Couteur, cousin of Private ERNEST MERRYWEATHER SHAW. |
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