It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of WWII veteran Wilf Shaw in hospital on 21 March 2018. His family advise that he passed away very peacefully in the early hours in hospital. He had enjoyed exceptional health for his age until a few weeks ago, when the breathing difficulties he had had trouble with during the past eighteen months worsened quite dramatically.
This is a special episode in tribute to Wilf featuring tributes from listeners and stories from the role he played in WW2 with 6 Green Howards and the 50th Northumbrian Infantry division.
"You were always a rebel Wilf and it was those types of blokes who won this bloody War for us" Fred Zilken.
RIP Private Shaw W, 4753850
Called up on 13 June 1940, 6th Battalion, Green Howards
Born 6 Feb 1920, Died 21 March 2018, Aged 98
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Below: Wilf in later years
103 Matt Cain interview on Lady of Mann, Dunkirk Little Ship, Manxmen in WW2
102 Arctic Convoy with Armageddon in the Arctic Ocean
101 Legacy of D-Day WWII, AKA Get off the beach, lads! AKA New Tank Tracks, Coffee and Donuts!
100 D-Day 80th anniversary special – Gold, Omaha and more
99 Omaha Heroes and their WW2 stories
98 World War II Snipers Part TWO - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
97 World War II Snipers Part ONE - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 2023
95 Bob Metcalfe memoirs PART TWO Dunkirk/N Africa/Sicily/Italy WW2
94 Bob Metcalfe memoirs PART ONE Dunkirk/N Africa/Sicily/Italy
93 The 82nd airborne Part 2, letters from Sicily and Italy WW2
92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily/Italy
91 Kisses on a Postcard - Child evacuees of WW2 - Interview with Dominic Frisby
90 Alf Blackburn Part 2, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
89 Alf Blackburn Part 1, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WWII
87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet
86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2
85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos
84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2
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