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Shaw, Russell, Sergeant, 19051, 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. (Rank Acting Sergeant per Soldiers Died In the Great War 1914 – 19 and his Medal Index Card at the National Archives) Born Unstone, Chesterfield. Enlisted Doncaster. Residence Unstone. Killed in action 10th June 1917. Aged 29. Son of Henry and Francis Sarah Shaw, of 49 St John’s Road, Unstone, Sheffield. Formerly 19722 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 33. Note: The Service Number per Soldiers Died In The Great War 1914-19 of 19951 is incorrect.