Sergeant Joseph Charles Shaw
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Date of Birth
1883
Date of Death
18 Oct 1917
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Sgt Joseph Charles Shaw, 570856, 17th Battalion London Regiment, was killed in action in East Africa on October 18th, 1917.
Parents Joseph and Mary Ann Shaw, of 1 Bolton Road, Luton, were informed of their son's death by Mr H. J. Read, on behalf of the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. He had received a telegram from the officer administering the government of East Africa Protectorate informing him that Sgt Shaw was killed near Lindi [in present-day Tanzania].
Sgt Shaw had been transferred from the London Regiment to the King's African Rifles and had been in Africa for six months. Before the war he worked as an iron moulder at the Diamond Foundry, Dallow Road, and had been a member of the Luton Town Reserves.
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Author: Deejaya
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