{"id":72962,"date":"2016-08-03T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T09:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fb675cff4b22a6f2cbb25a4a7d13ab4e"},"modified":"2016-08-03T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T09:01:05","slug":"news-story-final-effort-to-find-family-of-world-war-2-hero-clifford-granville-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72962","title":{"rendered":"News story: Final effort to find family of World War 2 hero Clifford Granville Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At just 19 years old, Aircraftmen 1st Class (AC1<\/abbr>) Clifford Granville Shaw should have had his whole life before him, instead he was killed when his RAF<\/abbr> Bristol Blenheim bomber was shot down over France in 1940. Today, the MOD<\/abbr>\u2019s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC<\/abbr>) is appealing for his family to get in touch after his grave site was finally identified over 70 years after he was killed in action.<\/p>\n

Royal Air Force (RAF<\/abbr>) member Clifford, who lived in Wraxall, was the son of Percy Merryweather Shaw and Ellen Grace Caroline Shaw, again of Wraxall, Bristol. He had a brother, Ernest, who also died during the Second World War.<\/p>\n

AC1<\/abbr> Shaw was the wireless operator\/machine gunner on board Blenheim P6926 of 59 Squadron when it was lost without trace on a sortie in the Sedan area of France on 14 May 1940. Over 70 years later, a member of the French public submitted a French Red Cross report about a crash in Vrigne-aux-Bois on that date. An independent expert has been able to confirm that the aircraft described in the report was a Bristol Blenheim and detailed research into the fate of all Blenheims lost on 14 May 1940 has proved that it was Blenheim P6926 that crashed at Vrigne-aux-Bois. The 3 crew members were buried as unknown airmen in Choloy War Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Now an appeal has been launched by the MOD<\/abbr> to trace Clifford\u2019s family so that they can be invited to attend a service of rededication of his grave in France in October.<\/p>\n

Louise Dorr, from the JCCC<\/abbr>, said:<\/p>\n

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We have been able to find family for both of the other crew members, but despite our best efforts, we\u2019ve not been able to trace any of Clifford\u2019s relatives. I hope that there may still be family in the Bristol area as I would love to be able to find them and give them the opportunity to attend the rededication service.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you can help with tracing Clifford\u2019s family, please call Louise on 01452 712612 extension 5465 or email her at: DBS-JCCCCommem4SO3@mod.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The MOD\u2019s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre is appealing for family to get in touch after his grave site has finally been identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}