"2nd LIEUTENANT CUTHBERT FRANK SHAW, SPECIAL RESERVE attd. 2nd BATTN. ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT, who was killed in action on the 31st October, 1914, near Ypres, at the age of twenty-two, was the son of Frank H. Shaw, of The Gables, St. Leonards-on-Sea. He was a student of King’s College, London, where he was a very active figure in the social life of the college during his three years in the Engineering Department. During his last year he was Secretary of the Rifle Club, Editor of the Engineering Faculty’s section in the “College Review,” and General Sub-editor of the publication. On entering the College he joined the O.T.C., and eventually rose to the rank of Sergeant. Having obtained his “ A ” certificate while in the junior O.T.C. at Gresham School, he soon qualified for his “ B ” Certificate. He was gazetted to the Special Reserve of his regiment in January, 1914."
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Born 1893
Died 1914
British Army Special Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment Attached to 2nd Battalion