Amos Shaw
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Amos was the son of Charles and Emma Shaw (née Pritchett). His father was born in Belton, Leicestershire, in about 1866 and his mother was born in Granby, Nottinghamshire, in about 1869. Charles and Emma were married at Granby All Saints in March 1888 and had at least eight children, three of whom died in infancy or childhood: Wiliam Ernest b. 1888 d. 1899; Charles Henry b. Granby 1890 bap. Granby All Saints June 1890; Amos b. 1892 bap. Langar St Andrew July 1892 d. 1892; Sarah Ann b. 1893 bap. All Saints September 1893 d. 1893; Amos b. Sutton 1895; Clara b. Granby 1897 bap. All Saints September 1897; Sidney b. Granby 1899 bap. All Saints August 1899 and William b. Langar 1904. Another daughter, 'Lizzie' aged 10, b. 16 July (no year), was named on the 1911 Census but no trace has been found of a birth registration nor was she included on the 1901 Census. Charles, a farm labourer, Emma and their two sons William and Charles were living on Barnstone Lane, Langar, in 1891 and were still living in the village the following year when their son Amos (b. 1892) was baptised. They then moved to Granby where Sarah Ann was born the following year although the next child, Amos, was born in Sutton in 1895. Charles and Emma and their four surviving children Charles (10), Amos (5), Clara (3) and Sidney (1) were recorded on the 1901 Census in Granby. William was born three years later in Granby. Charles snr. may have died in 1911 (reg. first quarter, Nottingham) and at the time of the census his widow Emma, a cleaner at Bagthorpe Workhouse, was living on Berlin Terrace, Nottingham, with four of her five surviving children Charles a farm labourer, Clara, Sidney and William (6). (But see note in 'births' about 'Lizzie'). Amos was a farm hand and living in Colston Bassett in the household of the widowed Elizabeth Frances Green, a publican and farmer. (See 'Extra information.')
17th (Welbeck Rangers) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) A battalion of the New Army, the 17th (Welbeck Rangers) Bn. Sherwood Foresters, was raised at Nottingham on 1 June 1915. The Battalion served in France from 6 March 1916 and was in action during the battles of the Somme. Amos Shaw served in France from 31 December 1915. He was killed in action on 3 September 1916 ('death presumed on or since'). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France (Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A). He qualified for the British War Medal and Victory Medal. According to a note on the Medal Rolls Index Card, he was entitled to the 1915 Star but the entry was crossed through and annotated 'claimed in error November 1921.'
John William Green, the son of Elizabeth Green in whose household Amos was living in 1911, served in the 10th Bn Sherwood Foresters (49298 Private) and was killed in action on 23 April 1917 (Arras Memorial). He is also commemorated on the Colston Bassett memorial. The 1911 Census and the UK Soldiers Died in the Great War record gave Amos' place of birth as Sutton although the 1901 Census has Granby Registers of Soldiers' Effects: his sole legatee was Annie R Faulks (no other details). However, there is a record on the 1911 Census of a William Faulks (b. Colston Bassett), farmer, and his wife Annie (b. Oundle) of Langar Glebe Farm, Barnstone, Nottinghamshire. William and Annie Rebecca (née Palmer) had married in 1908 (reg. Oundle). Annie, a widow, died in Oundle in 1931.
