Harold Thomas Shaw

Private. 65766. 1st/5th Battalion. Northumberland Fusiliers.

Born: 1899.

Son of Mr. & Mrs Walter Shaw.

Brother of Gertrude, Percy and Elsie May.

Address: High Street, Scapegoat Hill.

Reported missing presumed killed, 4th November 1918. Aged 19.

Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. panel 2.

The memorial is 12km south of leper (Ypres) town centre on the road from Messines through to Ploegsteert and Armentieres.

The Last Post takes place on the 1st Friday of each month at 7pm.

Harold's parents received official information from the War Office in April 1919 that their son was now presumed dead.

Harold's name appears on the Roll of Honour at Scapegoat Hill Baptist Chapel and St. John's Church, Golcar.