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Quartermaster Ernest Shaw
Monument

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Quartermaster Ernest Shaw

Birth
England
Death
26 Feb 1941 (aged 34–35)
Ireland
Monument
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map
Plot
Panel 66
Memorial ID
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Born on xxx, Died on Wednesday
Aged 35 years, xxx months, xxx days.

Ernest Shaw died on the SS Mahanada, one of eight ships of Convoy OB 290 to be sunk during a German air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland on 26-Feb-1941, aged 35 years.
~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Country: United Kingdom
Rank: Quartermaster
Regiment: Merchant Navy
Grave Reference: Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 66

Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.
Born on xxx, Died on Wednesday
Aged 35 years, xxx months, xxx days.

Ernest Shaw died on the SS Mahanada, one of eight ships of Convoy OB 290 to be sunk during a German air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland on 26-Feb-1941, aged 35 years.
~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Country: United Kingdom
Rank: Quartermaster
Regiment: Merchant Navy
Grave Reference: Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 66

Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.

Gravesite Details

Merchant Navy


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  • Maintained by: Dead Ringer
  • Originally Created by: Jordan Lyons
  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15372677/ernest-shaw: accessed ), memorial page for Quartermaster Ernest Shaw (1906–26 Feb 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15372677, citing Tower Hill Memorial, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England; Maintained by Dead Ringer (contributor 46986571).