Frederick Shaw (British Army officer)

Frederick Shaw (British Army officer)

Sir Frederick Charles Shaw KCB ( 1861-1942) was a British Army general who served in the Boer War and the First World War. He became Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and retired in 1920.

During the First World War he fought in Gallipoli and France where he was wounded.

On 19 September 1919, during the Irish War of Independence, he suggested that the police force in Ireland be expanded via the recruitment of a special force of volunteer British ex-servicemen. [cite book | last = Townshend| first = Charles| title =The British Campaign in Ireland, 1919-1921: The Development of Politicaland Military Policies | publisher = Oxford| date =1975| page =30 | isbn =019821863] Following direct intervention from London, the "Black and Tans" and Auxiliary Division of the Constabulary were introduced inorder to achieve a decisive result. Ironically this intervention preceded a purge of the Irish administration at Dublin Castle during which Shaw himself was replaced. [cite book | last = Ainsworth| first = John S.| title =British Security Policy in Ireland, 1920-1921: A Desperate Attempt by theCrown to Maintain Anglo-Irish Unity by Force | publisher = Proceedings 11th Irish-Australian Conference, Murdoch University, Perth| date =2000| page =1 | isbn =]

References

* [http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/donkey/shaw.htm University of Birmingham]


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