Stoker 1st Class C/KX 87397 William SHAW.
Royal Navy H.M. Submarine Regulus (N88).
6 Dec 1940 aged 23.
Chatham Naval Memorial, 38, 3.
William was the only son of James Shaw and Mary Ellen Gannon who were married in 1914.
H.M.Submarine Regulus (Lieutenant Commander Frederick Basil Currie) left Alexandria to patrol in the southern Adriatic Sea on 23 Nov 1940, she was reported overdue when she failed to return to Alexandria on 6 Dec 1940. H.M.S. Regulus was lost with her entire crew probability after being mined.
H.M.S.Regulus (photo from Wikipedia)
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