Harold Shaw was born on Friday 9 October 1925.

Harold married Barbara Mary Greenhough on Saturday 6 July 1946 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Barbara Mary Greenhough:

- Christine Barbara Shaw	born in 1948 (date suppressed).
- Kathryn Mary Shaw	born in 1952 (date suppressed).
- Martin Harold Shaw	born in 1956 (date suppressed).

Details of Harold's occupation are not known.

Harold died when he was 73 years old, on Saturday 8 August 1998 in Dudley, Worcestershire.