Our plaque on his former home at ‘Ferns Hollow’ on Station Road, Ilkeston marks the birthplace of a famous son of Ilkeston, Lieutenant Colonel Brian Duncan Shaw MM BSc PhD DSC (Hon).
A renowned marksman and soldier, he later became a lecturer at a Nottingham University and became internationally known through his highly amusing lectures on explosions which he carried out well into his 80’s .
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