2nd Lieutenant Clarence Gordon Shaw was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.  His father was twice Mayor of Ilkeston and Clarence's brother was Lieutenant Colonel B D Shaw.    

He became a 2nd Lieutenant with the Sherwood Foresters Special Reserve on the 21st of January 1914.  He joined the 3rd Battalion at Plummer Barracks, Crownhill, Plymouth.  He was attached to the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment and was posted to France in 1914.   

Unfortunately, he was Killed in Action at Ovilliers on the 1st of July 1916, on the 1st day of the Somme offensive, aged 24 years.  He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France, Pier and face 1 C.  He is also commemorated on the Nottingham University College Officers Training Corps Memorial.  

The Victory Medal is the only one held in the Regimental Museum collection.