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Jim and his four brothers
Jim and his four brothers
James Friend Shaw died on 31st August 1917, aged 20, and is buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery in Belgium. The inscription on his CWGC headstone, as requested by his father, reads "IN LOVING MEMORY / OF JIM & HIS FOUR BROTHERS / KILLED IN ACTION / UNITED IN DEATH". This community sets out to tell the brothers' stories.
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Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 6828 Private London Regiment 20th battalion lond Battalion
British Army 633502 Private London Regiment 20th battalion lond Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2
Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant
Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry 20th Battalion
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Born 1881
Died 1917
British Army R/33655 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army TR/13/26020 Training Reserve 109th Battalion
British Army R/33655 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 8th Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1915
Australian Imperial Force 89 Private 13th Battalion "A" Company, 4th Brigade
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Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army G/9633 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion
British Army GS/9633 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
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