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| File Reference |
1924A60
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| Name |
John Shaw |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Mary's Lane, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
12 Wood Quay, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
14 Mary's Lane, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1891
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| Date of death |
1966-01-31
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24A929; 24SP13606; DP11626; 43SA977;
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| Easter rising service |
Yes |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Volunteer
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
A Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Peadar Breslin; P. McNulty;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
A Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
P. McNulty; Philip Leddy;
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Brigade |
Dublin Guards
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
P. O' Daly;
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
DPMRDisability pension, medical reasons
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
A |
| Notes |
Awarded 7.783 years service for pension purposes in 1945 following successful appeal against award of 3.416 years granted in 1927
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW1924A60JohnShaw.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW24SP13606JohnShaw.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW24A929JohnShaw.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWDP11626JohnShaw.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW43SA977JohnShaw.pdf |
| File dates |
30 December 1925 - 23 March 1972
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| Subject Information |
File relates to John Shaw's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers for part of the periods between 1 April 1916 and 31 March 1917 and with the Irish Volunteers, IRA and National Forces for part or all of the periods between 1 April 1919 and 31 March 1923. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 1 April 1917 and 31 March 1919.
John Shaw claims membership of the Irish Volunteers from 1913. On 15 March 1916 John Shaw was sentenced to six months hard labour having been arrested for buying arms from a British Army soldier. He was released in August of that year. During the War of Independence Shaw took part in the IRA raid for ammunition on the stores of the British and Irish Steam Packet Company in [February] 1920. He was arrested but released in April following a hunger strike. He also took part in the attempted rescue of Robert Barton at Berkely Street, Dublin later that year. He also claims to have assisted in the transportation of weaponry from Dublin to the west of Ireland. Rearrested in [October] 1920 he was sentenced to two years hard labour by a British Army court martial and released from Hull Prison, England in January 1922. Following the outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June 1922 John Shaw served with the National Forces in fighting against anti-Treaty IRA forces at the Four Courts and in the O' Connell Street, Talbot Street and Amiens street areas of Dublin. He did not formally join the National Army and states that his service ceased on 15 July 1922.
File includes: handwritten and typed statements signed and submitted by John Shaw in support of his service pension application and subsequent appeals; original signed handwritten and typed and copy typed statements and letters regarding subject's service and service pension application from Francis Gaskin, Pádraig Ua Dálaigh (Patrick O’ Daly), Gabriel MacGrath, Thomas F. Byrne, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Michael Staines, Thomas O' Nolan, Sean McGarry, P. Leddy, Piaras Beaslai and Gearoid Ó Súilleaváin; handwritten notes [of evidence given by John Shaw before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924]; certified typed copy of Quarter Sessions held at Green Street, Dublin 24 March 1916 dealing with the case of Sergeant James Mahony v. John Shaw; typed record of previous convictions of John Shaw dated 6 January 1945 and signed by the Governor of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; handwritten and typed transcript of sworn evidence given by John Shaw on 18 January 1945; reference to subject's position as Dublin City Marshal from 2 July 1923; typed copy of extract (6 pages) from unidentified newspaper of 15 March 1916 reporting trial of John Shaw; typed copy of extract (1 page) from "Evening Mail" newspaper of 15 March 1916 reporting trial of John Shaw; original and copy handwritten and typed (1943-1944) internal Department of Defence memoranda, minutes and correspondence relating to decision to allow reopening of John Shaw's service pension claim with particular regard to his claim for 1916 service; and material relating to John Shaw's nephews and executors - partly closed.
File also contains material relating to John Shaw's receipt of a Special Allowance under the Army Pensions Acts including: medical certificates and reports; results of medical examinations; social welfare reports and material relating to subject's financial affairs; material, including original signed typed, copy typed and photostat copy correspondence involving solicitors for the executors of John Shaw, officials of the Department of Defence and officials of the Office of the Attorney General and original signed and initialled internal Department of Defence memoranda and correspondence, relating to the recovery from the estate of John Shaw of overpayment of Special Allowance made to him prior to his death.
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