#151 WE REMEMBER
Each November, I write about relatives who served in wartime. This year one name led to another: William Delbert Shaw, three sons who enlisted together in the First World War, and six more family members who served in the Second World War. What began as one man’s story became a family history of service across three generations. WILLIAM DELBERT SHAW—THE FATHER At the centre of this story is William Delbert Shaw, born on December 29, 1867, the son of Frederick Shaw and Mary Isadora Pierson. (Delbert was born in Wingham, Huron County, where his aunt Huldah Netterfield had recently relocated; it appears that the Shaw family was restlessly trying to find a place to settle down.) By 1881, however, the Shaw family was back in eastern Ontario. In July...
