Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 19 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Samuel Shaw

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Letter from Samuel Shaw to his mother, Martha Shaw, apologising for the increasing time periods between letters as they have been very busy in the trenches lately. Samuel explains to his mother the difficulties of writing letters in the trenches. Samuel Henry Shaw (1896-1967) was a sergeant with the 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He volunteered for active service in September 1914. Before enlisting Samuel was a member of the Portstewart Company, Coleraine Battalion, North Derry Regiment, Ulster Volunteer Force. Samuel served in France, and was wounded during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 and again in early 1917 and in 1918. Before the War he was employed as a ironmonger's assistant.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Shaw Papers, D1962-25 https://letters1916.ie/item/4203 English Samuel Shaw 1916-02-19 Martha Shaw Male 1967 World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918) Personal Relations

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 Same Address 18 — 2 — 16 My Dear Mother, Just a few lines to let you know I am well. I can't write so often now as we are very busy we fare in the trenches. we hear nothing but the roar of the artillery, bombs & trench mortars. I suppose you saw in the paper where Millar Hutton was home. Tell Jean I got her letter all right, she said I started Dear Sister & ended Your Loving Son, I intended the letter for you, but the writing on the back of the card put me wrong & the trenches is not the best place to write a letter in. One of our chaps got a letter From his sweet heart & she was on to him. Some of the boys were arguing which was the most dangerous street (trench) in our part of the lines he told her in the letter by mistake Is the fishing or the weather improving any. Tell everybody I was asking for them. I think this is all at present. With love to all. I remain Your Loving Son Sammie. P. S. Excuse the scribble as the pencil was bad. Samuel Shaw Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 12 December 1915Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 15 December 1915Card from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 18 December 1915Letter from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 29 December 1915Letter from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 11 January 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 15 January 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 21 January 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 23 January 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 30 January 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 2 February 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 8 February 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 19 February 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 27 March 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 10 May 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 26 May 1916Field Service Postcard from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 4 June 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 6 June 1916Field Service Postcard from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 10 June 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 11 June 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 16 June 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 29 August 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to James Shaw, 18 October 1916Letter from Samuel Shaw to Martha Shaw, 24 October 1916