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Captain Shaw was born at Madras, India, on 4 February 1839, and was 25 years old, and a Captain in the 18th Regiment (later Royal Irish Regiment), British Army, during the Waikato-Hauhau Maori War, New Zealand, when the action for which he was awarded The Victoria Cross took place.
"On 24 January 1865 at Nukumaru, New Zealand, Captain Shaw went, under heavy fire, with four privates who had volunteered to accompany him, to within 30 yards of that part of the bush occupied by the rebels, in order to rescue a comrade who was severely wounded."
Captain Shaw later achieved the rank of Major General.
He died at Southsea, England, on 25 August 1904, and is buried at the Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, England.
His Victoria Cross is held at the National Army Museum, Chelsea, England.
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