Frederick Shaw (British Army officer)
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Sir Frederick Shaw
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| File:Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Charles Shaw KCB, PC (1861–1942) in 1915.jpg | |
| Born | 31 July 1861 |
| Died | 6 January 1942 (aged 80) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
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 British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | 2nd Battalion the Sherwood Foresters 9th Infantry Brigade 13th (Western) Division Ireland |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Egyptian War Second Boer War World War I Anglo-Irish War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Charles Shaw KCB, PC (1861–1942) was a British Army general who served in the Boer War and the First World War. He became Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and retired in 1920.
Family
Shaw was born on 31 July 1861, the son of John Shaw of Normanton, Derbyshire. He was educated at Repton School. He married Florence Edith Denton, daughter of Reverend Canon Denton of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. She died in 1918; they had one daughter.[1]
Military career
Shaw was commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters in 1882.[2] He saw service in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.[2]
He served during the Second Boer War as a Brigade Major, then as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General and then as Assistant Adjutant-General.[2] In 1907 he was made Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion the Sherwood Foresters.[2]
He served in World War I initially as Commander of 9th Infantry Brigade in which role he deployed to France.[2] He was wounded by a shell that hit his Headquarters on 12 November 1914.[2] After his recovery, in 1915, he was initially appointed as the Commander of the 29th Division on its mobilisation in January. Just two months later he was replaced by Hunter-Weston and was later appointed Commander of the 13th (Western) Division.[3] He then became Director of Home Defence and subsequently Chief of the General Staff for Home Forces.[2]
On 19 September 1919, during the Irish War of Independence, he suggested that the police force in Ireland be expanded via the recruitment of a special force of volunteer British ex-servicemen.[4] Following direct intervention from London, the "Black and Tans" and Auxiliary Division of the Constabulary were introduced in order to achieve a decisive result. Ironically this intervention preceded a purge of the Irish administration at Dublin Castle during which Shaw himself was replaced.[5]
Shaw retired in 1920, and died on 6 January 1942.[1]
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| Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief, Ireland 1918–1920 |
Succeeded by Sir Nevil Macready |
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- Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- British military personnel of the Irish War of Independence
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