| Surname: | Shane |
| Initials: | C H |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | P/10449 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3a) Egypt, 26/7/1915. Shown as (2b) Gallipoli, 26/7/1915 to 8/1/1916 and (1) France, 1/10/1917 on medal roll page B717. 8/10/1910 enlisted Pte. 1/5 Bedfordshire Regiment. No. 2714 & No. 200030, age 18 years, occupation moulder, born St Mary's Luton. Served Home 18/10/1910 to 25/7/1915, Mediterranean Exp Force 26/7/1915 to 9/1/1916, Home 10/1/1916 to 31/9/1917, France 1/101917 to 30/6/1919, Home 1/7/1919 to 30/7/1919 disembodied. 3/4/1917 attached to MFP, 11/5/1917 transferred to MFP. 31/10/1917 4 TC Company, 6/4/1918 with PM 3 Army, 1/10/1918 DAPM, Cambrai, 23/12/1918 to APM. IV Corps, 15/5/1919 with PM 4 Army. Address: List of Absent Voters 1918, 7 Warwick Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. Charles H Shane National Roll of the Great War 1914 - 1918, Section V, Luton, page 314. He volunteered at the outbreak of war and was sent to the Dardanelles in the following year. He fought at the landing a Suvla Bay, and subsequent engagements until the Evacuation of the Peninsula. He then proceeded to Palestine and was engaged in the operations at Gaza and Mejde. Later, drafted to the Western Front, he served on important duties until the cessation of hostilities. He was demobilised in July 1919 and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 12, Langley Place, Luton. |