Decorations LSGCM Died 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Chatham Naval Memorial Wounded Died at sea Next of kin address Dorothy Shaw (nee Swalwell) England Father Riley Shaw More info Henry Riley Shaw was born in 1867 in Leeds, before moving to South Shields as a young boy.His father, Riley Shaw, was a Mariner from Hull and so it isn’t surprising by the age of 16 Henry became a Merchant Seaman serving as a fireman/trimmer, sailing all over the world to places such as Tunis, Alexandria, Mexico and Brazil. He married Dorothy Swalwell in 1885 and had 5 children. He joined the Royal Navy Reserves (no. 287V) in the late 1800’s and was still in the Reserves when war broke out in 1914. He was posted to the battle cruiser HMS Invincible, joining the ship in Aug 1914 and would have participated in the Battles of Heligoland Bight and Falklands where the ship helped sink the German armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Whilst on HMS Invincible he was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal. In May 1916 Invincible took part in the Battle of Jutland where at 6:30pm she was hit by shells from the German ships Lützow and Derfflinger, instantly blowing the ship up, killing 1026 officers and men, including Henry. Thank you to Paul Richardson for providing this information.