Private ALEX SHAW
Last address in Lewis: 10 Newvalley,
Son of John Shaw, of New Valley, Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5227
Enlisted at Keose Manse
Date of death: 11 November 1914 at the age of 24
Killed in action
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 38 and 40
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Four of his brothers also served in the war. John was killed in action in 1915 whilst serving in the Seaforths; Norman; Neil was a CSM in the Canadian Army, and earned a DCM for gallantry in the field and Duncan was a piper in the Gordon Highlanders
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