Maximilian Joseph Shaw "Max"
Died:
17 Elul 5676 (15 September 1916)
Basic Information
Other surname:
Schwabacher
Birth
Death
Date of death:
17 Elul 5676 (15 September 1916)
Cause of death:
Killed in Action
Burial place:
Thiepval Memorial
Places
Addresses
His home:
74 Gresham House, London (1915)
Family home:
Calthorpe, 38 West End Lane, W Hampstead, London N W (1911)
Schools
Name:
University of Frieberg, Dresden Germany
Other Organisations
Name:
London Stock Exchange
Synagogues
Name:
St John's Wood Synagogue
Name:
West London Synagogue
Roll of Honour from St John's Wood Synagogue
Roll of Honour from St John's Wood Synagogue
Personal life
After leaving Harrow he studied mining engineering at the University of Freiberg, near Dresden, and after passing out with high honours, took up a post in Mexico. He developed there after a few years a sort of vertigo on going any distance below earth, and was advised by the doctors he must never go down a mine again. He accordingly returned to England and went on the Stock Exchange, becoming a member in 1910 as a partner of the firm of Sternberg Bros.
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Military Career
In September 1914 he joined the Old Boys Corps and took a commission in January 1915 in the Royal Fusiliers, going to the Front in May 1916. He was killed in actions on 15 September at the age of thirty-four.
Not long before his death he had been recommended for honours for saving the lives of wounded men in No Man's Land.
The Officer Commanding the battalion to which he was attached wrote to his own Colonel: “I wish to bring to your notice the gallantry of Lieutenant Shaw . . . who was observed fighting very bravely and gallantly leading his men before he was killed. Will you please assure his relatives that this officer died in a very gallant manner."
The Captain of his company wrote to his widow: “I deeply regret to inform you that your husband, Lieutenant Shaw, was killed in action on the 15th inst. under circumstances of the greatest bravery, and while nobly doing his duty. . . . It is difficult as yet to gather all the fads of the case, but so far as I can gather, he, being with another officer and a handful of men, captured four German field guns, a most daring and splendid thing to do, and it was after this admirable piece of bravery that he was hit. But this is only one of the many plucky things he did, and he was beloved and admired by all the men and his loss is regretted by all who came in contact with him."
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Family
Spouse
Other surname / Maiden name:
Shaw
Place of marriage:
London, 1912
Siblings
Frederick Adolph Schwabacher (male)
Gertrude Doris Schwabacher (female)
Parents
Father: Michael Schwabacher (male)
Mother: Ida Schwabacher (female)
Homefront
Military Record
Date enlisted/conscripted:
1914
Date discharged/death:
15 September 1916
Rank at discharge/death:
Lieutenant
Assignments
Roll of Honour
M. SHAW, 15 September 1916
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
15 September 1916
Regiment / service:
Royal Fusiliers, 16th Bn. attd. 26th Bn.
Cemetery:
Thiepval Memorial, France
Grave reference:
Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Stockbroker
Organisation:
Sternberg Bros Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Membership Form 1911
Stock Exchange Membership Form 1911
