SHAW, Geoffrey
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
'30 Commando Assault Unit'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PLY/X113759
Born:
Saturday, September 9, 1922
Birthplace:
Sheffield
Died :
Tuesday, September 12, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Geoffrey Shaw died during operations at Le Havre, France. Son of William Birch and Amy Shaw of Sheffield.
- Also killed on that day from his unit and buried at Sanvic was Captain Herbert Oliver Huntington-Whiteley.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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