Jack Shaw

Jack Shaw
Lt Jack Shaw
Imperial War Museum
 
Tin containing escape aids sent to Shaw
Tin containing escape
aids sent to Shaw
Imperial War Museum

Jack Shaw was taken prisoner in 1917 and made several escape attempts. At Holzminden camp, he helped build a tunnel through which 60 prisoners tried to escape. Half made it through, but luck was not with Shaw, and the tunnel collapsed on the man in front of him.

Twenty-nine Officers Escape by Tunnel from Holzminden
New York Times, August 1918

 

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