First & Second World War Medal Group of 6 – Second Lieutenant Alfred William Shawe, Middlesex Regiment, later Royal Army Service Corps (WW2)
British War Medal – 2. LIEUT. A. W. SHAWE.
Victory Medal – 2. LIEUT. A. W. SHAWE.
1939-45 Star – unnamed as issued
France & Germany Star – unnamed as issued
Defence Medal – unnamed as issued
War Medal – unnamed as issued
Group mounted as worn.
Alfred William Shawe was born on 22 August 1898 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, the son of Alfred Richard Shawe and Jeannie (Jane) Maclaren (MacLaren) Leishman. By 1911 the family were residing in London, and the address later closely associated with him was 49 Lupus Street, Westminster, which would remain the family home for many years and to which his First World War medals were sent.
During the Great War he was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment, holding the rank of Second Lieutenant. He served on the Western Front in 1918 and was twice reported wounded.
He first appeared in the War Office Daily List No. 5634 (2 August 1918) as wounded, qualifying him for the authorised Wound Stripe under Army Order 204 of 6 July 1916. He was again listed as wounded in War Office Daily List No. 5694 (12 October 1918), confirming a second occasion of injury before the Armistice.
Despite these wounds, he survived the war. His medal entitlement was issued to 49 Lupus Street, London, confirming his residence at that address at the conclusion of hostilities.
In the inter-war period he remained associated with London and later Surrey. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he again served, this time with the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). Army List entries show him holding a commission with seniority from 21 June 1941, and by 18 March 1942 he was a War Substantive Lieutenant, later serving as a Temporary Captain (1 September 1942).
He served in the North-West Europe Campaign during the Second World War, reflecting active overseas service in the final campaigns against Germany.
Alfred William Shawe died on 9 July 1973 at 4 Canning Cross, London, aged seventy-four. Probate was granted in London in January 1974.
His military career is notable for commissioned service in both World Wars: wounded twice as a young subaltern of the Middlesex Regiment in 1918, and later returning to uniform in the Second World War with the Royal Army Service Corps, serving in North-West Europe.
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