1914 Star, with copy clasp (8015 Pte. J. Shaw, 1/W. York. R.) good very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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James Shaw was born in and enlisted at Leeds. Serving with the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment he entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 8 September 1914. He was killed in action, France / Flanders, on 25 September 1916, aged 29 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of John and Sophia Shaw of New Wortley, Leeds and husband of Elizabeth Shaw of Hipperholme, Halifax.