| Shaw | Frederick William | | Major | SHAW, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM, Bart, Major, was born in Dublin, 15 March 1858, eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Shaw, DL, 4th Baronet, and Kate, daughter of William Barton, of Grove, County Tipperary. He was educated at Harrow, Oriel College, Oxford, and at Sandhurst. He received his first commission as Lieutenant, Royal Dragoons, 13 August 1879; resigned in August 1885; joined the 5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers as Captain, 1887. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1895. He served in the South African War, 1900-2; as Station Commandant, afterwards Commandant, Barkly West; Station Staff Officer and Commandant, Warrenton. He was in command of the 5th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, May and June 1901. Operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, January to 31 May 1902; operations in Cape Colony, 30 November 1900 to January 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's and the King's Medals with five clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Sir Frederick William Shaw, Baronet, Major, 5th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. In recognition of services during operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 12 March 1902. He commanded the 5th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers from 1907 to 1913. Sir F W Shaw served in the European War in command of the 8th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (14 October 1914). He raised this Corps, and took it to France, December 1915, and from 16 March 1916, he commanded the 2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Regt, He was a Deputy-Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace. He married, on 9 July 1885, Eleanor Hester, daughter of Major Horace de Vere, RE, of Curragh Chase, at Bookcer Church, County Galway, and they had two sons: Captain Robert de Vere Shaw, MC, RFA, born 24 February 1890 (who served in the European War, 1914-18, and was mentioned in Despatches), and Lieutenant F C Shaw, 5th King's African Rifles, born 17 January 1895; and four daughters: Annie Kate, born in 1886, wife of Lieutenant Colonel C de Putron, Lancashire Fusiliers; Mary, born in 1887; Grace Eleanor, born in 1889, wife of Major C Goodlife, Royal Fusiliers; and Eile de Vere, born in 1892.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
