Funeral of Sergeant J C Shaw - Stalag Luft 1

Funeral of Sergeant J C Shaw - Stalag Luft 1

Top left - German officer walking in front of horse drawn cortege with parade behind. Snow covered ground and in the background trees, Captioned 'B48 Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Top right - grave with flowers on top and trees in the background. Captioned 'B50 Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Centre left - Four men standing round grave on the left. Firing party aiming rifles upward on the right. Captioned 'B48 Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Centre right - horse drawn cortege with coffin an parade of men in greatcoats following. Captioned 'B46 Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Bottom left - parade of men wearing greatcoats and side caps standing in graveyard, Right hand two men (in caps) are saluting. Captioned 'Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Bottom right - German soldiers on the right. Pall-bearing party lower coffin into grave on the left. Captioned 'B49 Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.

1942-01

Six b/w photographs mounted on an album page

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