Background
Shaw was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in June 1899.
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Career
He served in the Royal Irish Rifles after joining up in 1916 and fought in battles such as Passchendaele. In 1916 he joined the 16th battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles and fought in battles such as Messines and Passchendaele. He stayed in Germany as part of the Army of Occupation for six months after the war ended and returned home in April 1919.
During World World War II he was in charge of meat rations in Belfast.
He died on 2 March 2002 at the age of 102 and was buried in Clandeboye cemetery in Bangor. A plaque in honour of Thomas Shaw was put up at the front door of the Savoy in Bangor on 4 August 2014.
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United Kingdom