Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Henry and Fanny Elizabeth Shaw. John was badly wounded in the notorious trench 50, near to Hill 60 on the outskirts of Ypres. He was invalided home to convalesce, but complications developed and he died at York Hospital, being interred on the 2nd May 1916.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
John Henry Shaw was born in 1896 in Whitwick, Leicestershire.
He was the son of Henry and Fanny Elizabeth Shaw, of, 3 St John’s Terrace, Whitwick, Leicestershire. John Henry had 4 brothers: William 1897, Frederick 1906, Arthur 1910, Thomas 1913, and 3 sisters: Sarah 1901, Annie Elizabeth 1903 and Florence May 1918.
John’s parents worked on Moore’s Farm, on the Bardon Road, Coalville, Leicestershire.

John enlisted on the 6th September 1914, in Coalville, Leics, he was then 19 years and 60 days.
He first joined on enlistment the 2nd /5th Leicestershire Regiment.
John was badly wounded in the notorious trench 50, near to Hill 60 on the outskirts of Ypres in Flanders. He was sent home when he recovered enough to allow him to convalesce, but complications developed and he died at York hospital, being interred on the 2nd May 1916.
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Submitted by F. Tilley in 2016



Coalville Times article - Friday May 19th, 1916

COALVILLE SOLDIER’S DEATH

The death occurred in hospital at York on April 28th, of Pte. J. H. Shaw, of the Leicestershire Regiment, from wounds received in action at Hill 60 last summer. The body was interred at Bardon Hill Churchyard on May 2nd.

Pte. Shaw was the son of Mr and Mrs Shaw, of Moore’s Farm, Bardon Road, Coalville, who have received a letter of sympathy from Pte. E. Moon (Melbourne Street) and Bugler S. Jones (Belvoir Road), two Coalville soldiers in the same regiment. They say that the deceased was well-liked by all the members of the company, who always found him kind and straightforward in every detail. It was hard after fighting and toiling as he had done to depart after recovering from his wounds, but they realised that he had died nobly in the defence of his country. The members of the company subscribed for an artificial wreath and globe which has been placed on the grave.

Research undertaken and submitted (including photograph from Coalville Times) by Andy Murby 13/10/2017