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21 July 2021

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№ 476

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21 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£60

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. W. H. Shaw); together with the recipient’s card identity tag ‘W. H. Shaw. C.E. PS7610 19R.F.’ £50-£70

William Hetherington Shaw attested for the 19th (2nd Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 November 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment on 26 September 1916, he subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action whilst serving with the 3rd Battalion on the Western Front on 8 October 1918. He is buried in Grand Ravine British Cemetery, Havrincourt, France.

Sold together with a
Short & Mason Ltd., London, Mark V compass, numbered 108257, in full working condition, reputedly used by the recipient to ensure that his machine guns were correctly sighted; and copied research.