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James Alexander Shaw

Royal Naval Air Service 3 Squadron

from:81 Earlswood Road, Victoria, Down

James Alexander Shaw (Ally as he liked to go by) was a friend of Tommy Byers. They both lived on Earlswood Road in East Belfast, Ireland. Ally Shaw was in house 81 and Tommy Byers was in house 188. Ally Shaw worked in the Linen Trade in 1911 and he was 18 years old at the time. I have some photos of Ally Shaw that Tommy had acquired from him. Both Ally Shaw and Tommy Byers made it through the war.

This is a studio photo of Ally Shaw taken in April 1917 at age 24. Ally Shaw came over to Canada in 1912 with a close friend names Harry Chisam who also became a Pilot in the #3 Squadron RNAS.

This photo is Harry Chisam his comrade during the war. Ally Shaw and Harry Chisam got their Flying Certificates on the same day in Augusta, Georgia in December 1915. Harry Chisam was No. 385.



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