PUBLIC school, war, religion and gambling all made a substantial contribution to the life of Stewart Stoke Shaw.
Times Past introduced Formby Times readers to Stewart last week, when the column launched a fundraising appeal for Formby's Great War dead.
However, the recent death of Katherine Shaw , who was Stewart's daughter, has shed more light on the life of a remarkable Formby man.After Katherine passed away, the Goulbourne family were presented with a collection of Edwardian photographs of Stewart at Charterhouse public school.
Stewart Stoke Shaw was born in 1883, and the family lived in a large house opposite St Vincent's private school on Raven Meols Lane. The Shaw's had money, but a young Stewart became estranged from his Anglican parents when he chose to marry a Roman Catholic girl.
He fought for the Liverpool King's Regiment in the Great War, where he was captured and imprisoned by the enemy.
Stewart survived World War I, but at a cost. The German gas he inhaled developed in to lung disease. Stewart knew he was dying, and his final days were ruined by reckless gambling. The war hero was buried in the grounds of St Luke's Church in 1921.
To help the Goulbourne family with their war memorial campaign for Formby, call Tim on 07812 702 856
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