Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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William Edward SHAW
Private 11864 William Edward SHAW
8th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action, Wednesday 5th April 1916, Mesopotamia, age 42
| Home address: | 103 George Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1874, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Sarah Shaw 103 George Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Married to Martha Ann Shaw (née Appleton) 103 George Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Blowery Room Operative, Ashton Brothers |
| Enlisted: | - |
| Remembered: | Basra Memorial, Iraq, panel 14 or 62. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Private Shaw was with the Indian Expeditionary Force, with the British and Indian Forces, on the River Tigris when he was Killed in Action.
In the 1921 Cenotaph Unveiling Booklet he is named as William Shaw.