Ireland's Last First World War Veteran

liverpool annie · Apr 23, 2009

In 2002 Ireland's last Veteran of Great War died at 102 .... could anybody help me find out anything about him please ? TNA has 7 medals for Thomas Shaw in the Royal Irish Rifles .... but I can't seem to find anything else !

Ireland's last first World War veteran, Mr Thomas Shaw, has died aged 102. Mr Shaw, from Belfast, joined the 16th battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles in 1916. He died on Saturday, March 2nd, 2002 and was buried on Thursday, March 7th at Clandeboye Cemetery in Bangor, Co Down. He first enlisted as a rifleman at 15 but was sent home after his brother, a military policeman, met him accidentally while in France. Mr Shaw again joined up as the Battle of the Somme ended.He was sent to France and fought at Messines, Ypres, and Passchendaele. He returned to Ireland in April 1919. Mr Sam Girvan, the manager of the Clanmill Housing Association, which runs the accommodation block where Mr Shaw lived, said he didn't like a fuss being made about his years of service.
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Source - The Irish Times

liverpool annie · Apr 23, 2009

RIP Tommy

I got a bit of help !! .....

this link will take you to a bbc northern ireland news page about Thomas' death -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1856403.stm

it only expands the story a bit from what you already know but it does show you a picture of a young Thomas - you can also listen and watch how the story was reported on the Northern Ireland news at the time
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and I found this ... ( no extra information though !! )

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29328039

Annie

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