Maurice,
Thank you for taking the time and trouble to send the 1911 census.
I could not find this reference on Ancestry as much as I tried.
I will take another look at this on Sunday.
Further, using Free B.M.D. I could only find a marriage reference for John Shaw, and not for Leah Wright.
That said, I do have a reference for a Jack Shaw for 1901 and 1911.
Admittedly it has taken dedication and time to even find these references.
I then coupled this with every person in the Army - Air force - navy-Merchant navy.
The Name Frederic J Shaw was prominent as well as Jesse James Shaw.
I then whittled these down to a list of five possible people.
Even then, nearly all survived the Great War.
On the 1911 census there was only one Jack Shaw who was from Birmingham.
Address in 1911 - 98, Spencer Street, Heaton near Castle On Tyne.
This was the only person left.
Then coordinating this with the commonwealth war graves commission, (CWGC) there was only
one Jack out of two that had no information.
So, using his regimental number, R/33887, I tracked him and his records.
And there it was found that he was Russian.
As it is, Warsaw was given to Russia by Vienna in 1815.
And so, it then transpires that Jack Shaw is mentioned in the British UK Jewry roll of honour.
And so, it then lends itself that jacks real first name is Jacob.
But what his real surname might be, is a big guess.
All that said, it could be that his name could be misspelt from Straw to Shaw???????
If that is the case, then I have to start from scratch. :-(
But, as I said, I will look in to this, and any suggestions are most welcome.
Nick.