He as born and educated in Moulton Chapel
On 22 Apr 1937 he married Marjorie Kathleen Mary Wilson at Spalding Parish Church. They had two daughters.
In June 1941 he advertised to sell his 1935 Morris 12 van with a recently reconditioned engine.
After the war he ran the St Paul Bakery on Holbeach Road, Spalding, which he was completed in 1952 at the cost of £5,500 including an associated house and shop. He also ran a linked catering business. In Jan 1958 he gave up baking and sold up in 1959. He then became a driving instructor and also a bingo caller. Later he became an agent for Anglian Windows, selling double glazing, but continuing to bake cakes. He was a voluntary car driver as well.
He died in Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, aged 81. His obituary mentioned Home Guard service, but not that he had been a member of Auxiliary Units
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding Patrol | Patrol member | Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
Baker
The family remember he had a Webley pistol and 1800 rounds which he did not hand in until 1987! He spoke of wearing denims, with no unit insignia, no badges of rank, not saluting officers and carry concealed weapons, usually pistols, not rifles.
He also spoke about going on a training course a long way from his home, and training alongside what he called regulars who were good scroungers.
He had explosives stored in his house, which he described as sticky bombs and Mills bombs but was asked to move them by his wife after a stray German bomb fell a short distance away, this would have been May 1941.
They have his stand down letter from 1944.
TNA ref WO199/3389
Grandson - Gordon Shaw
1939 Register
Lincolnshire Free Press 7 Jan 1958, 3 Mar 1959, 18 Apr 1989, 20 Jun 1995
Spalding Guardian 30 Apr 1937, 4 Mar 1949, 12 Jul 1957