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Byam Shaw, George, eldest son of John Byam Liston Shaw, of Kensington, artist, by Caroline Evelyn Eunice, daughter of John Nott Pyke-Nott, of Bydown House, North Devon; b. Oct. 6, 1900; adm. April 30, 1914 (H); left July 1917; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1919; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Dec. 23, 1921; Lieut. Dec. 23, 1923; Capt. Nov. 9, 1934; Major, Dec. 23, 1938; killed in action in France May 1940; unm.
George Byam-Shaw was born at Kensington, London on the 6th of October 1900 the eldest son of John Byam Liston Shaw, an artist, and Evelyn Caroline Eunice (nee Pyke-Nott) Byam Shaw, an artist, of 62, Addison Road, Kensington. He was christened at St Barnabus’ Church, Kensington on the 1st of November 1900.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from the 30th of April 1914 to July 1917. He went on to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst where he boxed for the College at featherweight against Woolwich in 1921. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Scots (Royal Regiment) on the 23rd of December 1921. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 23rd of December 1923 and to Captain on the 9th of November 1934. He was promoted to Major on the 23rd of December 1938.
Following the outbreak of war the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots deployed to France on the 21st of September 1939. On the 10th of May 1940 the Germans invaded France and the Low Countries. That morning the Battalion was at Lecelles and, as a number of officers were away on leave, George Byam-Shaw was appointed as the second in command of the Battalion. The day was spent packing to leave and the bulk of the Battalion departed for Overysche at 9.15pm with George Byam-Shaw leading the remainder of the men away at 11.10pm that night.
By the 20th of May, the Battalion was at Froidmont when it received orders to make a reconnaissance of the banks of the River Escaut near Calonne, to the south of Tournai where they were to relieve the 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment that night. The handover was made at around midnight and was carried out under shell and mortar fire with several casualties being suffered. On the 21st of May 1940, the Battalion was heavily shelled and mortared throughout the morning by the end of which their flank was exposed. D Company carried out several counterattacks which eased the situation but the shelling continued through the afternoon. George Byam-Shaw was killed outright while pausing to have a cigarette during the fighting. By the end of the day the Battalion had suffered 150 casualties but had held their ground. The Padre buried some of dead during the night and buried George Byam-Shaw the next morning.
Only a handful of men from the Battalion were eventually evacuated from Dunkirk.
He is buried at Bruyelle War Cemetery Plot II, Row A Grave 1.
Byam Shaw, Glencairn Alexander, brother of George Byam Shaw (q.v.); b. Dec. 13, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); left July 1923; an actor; first appeared on the London stage 1923 and in New York 1927; played a number of leading parts in productions of Sir John Gielgud (q.v.); Director of the Old Vic 1947-51; Director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1952-60; member of the Drama Panel of the Arts Council 1953; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1954; Hon. D. Litt. (Birm.) 1959; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Jan. 3, 1940; m. Madelina Angela (the actress under the name of Angela Baddeley), daughter of William Herman Clinton Baddeley; 29 Apr. 1986.
Byam Shaw, John James, brother of George Byam Shaw (q.v.); b. Jan. 12, 1903; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 23, 1915 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1917; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1921, matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1925; M.A. 1928; lecturer and asst. to the director, Courtauld Institute of Art, London Univ. 1933-4; joined the firm of P. & D. Colnaghi, picture dealers, 1934; a director since 1936; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Jan. 12, 1940; Major; wounded; author of The Drawings of Francesco Guardi (1951), The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo (1962); m. ISt April 10, 1929, Eveline, daughter of Capt. Arthur Dodgson, R. N.; 2nd July 23, 1945, Adeline Margaret, daughter of Arthur George Saunders, of Taunton, Somerset.
Byam Shaw, John James, brother of George Byam Shaw (qv); b. 12 Jan. 1903; adm. Sept. 1915 (H), KS (non-res.) 1917; left July 1921; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1921, BA 1925, MA 1928; lecturer and asst to Dir. Courtauld Inst. 1933-4; dir. P. & D. Colnaghi 1936-68; Roy. Scots 1939-45 (Maj.), wounded; lecturer Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1964-73, assoc. curator of pictures 1973-4, hon Student 1976; FSA 1965; CBE 1972; hon. DLitt (Oxon.) 1976; Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana 1982; author of The Drawings of Francesco Guardi 1951, The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo 1962, Paintings by Old Masters at Christ Church Oxford 1976; m. 1st 10 Apr. 1929 Eveline, d. of Capt. Arthur Dodgson RN; 2nd 23 July 1945 Adeline Margaret, d. of Arthur George Saunders of Taunton, Somerset; 3rd 12 Jan. 1967 Christine Pamela, d. of Francis George Ogilvy of Liss, Hants, and widow of William Pettigrew Gibson (qv); d. 19 Mar. 1992.
BYAM, EDWARD, brother of William Byam (at school 1715, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1720/1; left 1724 [but in school list 1727/8 ?]; went to Merchant Taylors’ School; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1728, readm. 11 Dec 1728, but did not matr.; adm. Gray’s Inn 4 Jan 1728/9; of Cedar Hill, Antigua, Clay Hill, Middlesex, and Lamian, Pembs.; m. 9 Nov 1734 Lydia, sister of George Byam (qv); d. 13 Jun 1768.
BYAM, FRANCIS, brother of George Byam (qv); b. 3 May 1709; adm. Oct. 1717; in under school list 1721; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1726; migr. to Trinity Coll., adm. pens. 3 Jul 1728, scholar 2 May 1729; BA 1729/30; MA 1733; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1732, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1733; ordained; went out to Antigua as “emigrant minister”, 1 Sep 1733, with usual bounty of £20; Rector of St. John’s, Antigua; Commissary in Antigua of Bishop of London; member, Council of Antigua; m. 2 Jan 1738 Jane, dau. of Col. Edward Warner, Eltham, Kent, sometime member Council of Antigua; d. at sea Jul 1757, on passage from Antigua to England.
BYAM, GEORGE, elder son of Col. Edward Byam, Clay Hill, Middlesex, Governor of the Leeward Islands and President, Council of Antigua, and his second wife Lydia, widow of Samuel Martin, and dau. of William Thomas; b. 24 Apr 1704; adm. Oct. 1715; a West India merchant in Antigua; m. Henrietta Maria, only dau. of Col. John Frye, member Council of Antigua; buried St. George’s, Antigua, 13 Nov 1734.