Ed Shames Died : 3 / 12 / 2021

Colonel Ed Shames (deceased) Enlisting in September 1942, Ed Shames was to become one of the most respected officers in the 101st Airborne Division, a stickler for detail he always got the job done, and brought his men home. Originally assigned to I Company in the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment he was then transferred to Headquarters Company. He received a battlefield commission during the taking of Carentan in Normandy, and joined Easy Company in July 1944 as a 2nd Lieutenant prior to Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. He died aged 99 on 3rd December 2021.

Items Signed by Colonel Ed Shames (deceased)

	Clipped Signature - Ed Shames. Price : £40.00	One of the most respected officers in the 101st Airborne Division, he received a battlefield commission during the Normandy campaign, and joined Easy Company as 2nd Lieutenant for Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. He died in 2021......
	Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. (APB) Price : £150.00	Having made contact the previous evening with troops of 4th Infantry Division pushing inland from Utah Beach, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne division The Screaming Eagles help mop up the pockets of German resistance in their general advance towa......
	Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. (B) Price : £140.00	Having made contact the previous evening with troops of 4th Infantry Division pushing inland from Utah Beach, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne division The Screaming Eagles help mop up the pockets of German resistance in their general advance towa......
	Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. Price : £145.00	You have a rendezvous with destiny! - promised Major Gen William Lee to his men as the 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 15 August 1942. And the first place they kept that rendezvous was Normandy. At precisely 23.00......
	Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. (AP) Price : £225.00	You have a rendezvous with destiny! - promised Major Gen William Lee to his men as the 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 15 August 1942. And the first place they kept that rendezvous was Normandy. At precisely 23.00......

	Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. (B) SOLD OUT	You have a rendezvous with destiny! - promised Major Gen William Lee to his men as the 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 15 August 1942. And the first place they kept that rendezvous was Normandy. At precisely 23.00......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. (C) SOLD OUT	You have a rendezvous with destiny! - promised Major Gen William Lee to his men as the 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 15 August 1942. And the first place they kept that rendezvous was Normandy. At precisely 23.00......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. Price : £145.00	Major Dick Winters and the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, as they take up a holding position in the Normandy town of Carentan on 14 June 1944, eight days after their dramatic parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day. ......
	Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. (AP) Price : £220.00	Major Dick Winters and the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, as they take up a holding position in the Normandy town of Carentan on 14 June 1944, eight days after their dramatic parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day. ......
	Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. (APB) SOLD OUT	Major Dick Winters and the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, as they take up a holding position in the Normandy town of Carentan on 14 June 1944, eight days after their dramatic parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day. ......	NOT AVAILABLE

	Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. (B) SOLD OUT	Major Dick Winters and the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, as they take up a holding position in the Normandy town of Carentan on 14 June 1944, eight days after their dramatic parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. (D) SOLD OUT	Major Dick Winters and the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, as they take up a holding position in the Normandy town of Carentan on 14 June 1944, eight days after their dramatic parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. (RM) SOLD OUT	Major Dick Winters and the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, as they take up a holding position in the Normandy town of Carentan on 14 June 1944, eight days after their dramatic parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	St Mere Eglise by Richard Taylor. (B) Price : £85.00	St Mere Eglise - the first town to be liberated by allied soldiers on the morning of 6th June 1944, when, at 06.30 men of the Airborne Rangers parachuted into the town. ......
	Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT	As the Allied armies dashed across France after victory in Normandy, they remained reliant on one thing - supplies. With Cherbourg the only port in use, everything depended on trucks to deliver enough fuel, food and ammunition to keep the momentum ......	NOT AVAILABLE

	Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £265.00	As the Allied armies dashed across France after victory in Normandy, they remained reliant on one thing - supplies. With Cherbourg the only port in use, everything depended on trucks to deliver enough fuel, food and ammunition to keep the momentum ......
	Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT	As the Allied armies dashed across France after victory in Normandy, they remained reliant on one thing - supplies. With Cherbourg the only port in use, everything depended on trucks to deliver enough fuel, food and ammunition to keep the momentum ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor. (RM) SOLD OUT	As the Allied armies dashed across France after victory in Normandy, they remained reliant on one thing - supplies. With Cherbourg the only port in use, everything depended on trucks to deliver enough fuel, food and ammunition to keep the momentum ......	NOT AVAILABLE

Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Colonel Ed Shames (deceased)

	Pack 703. Pair of two 101st Airborne D-Day prints by Chris Collingwood and David Pentland. Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £125	Military Print Pack....... Titles in this pack : Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. (AP)
	Pack 704. Pack of two 101st Airborne military artist proofs by Chris Collingwood and David Pentland. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £65	Military Print Pack....... Titles in this pack : Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. (AP) Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. (AP)
	Pack 707. Pack of WW2 Airborne Troop artist proofs by Chris Collingwood. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £45	Military Print Pack....... Titles in this pack : Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. (AP) 82nd Airborne by Chris Collingwood. (AP)
	Pack 708. Pack of two WW2 military prints by Chris Collingwood depicting US airborne forces in Normandy. Pack Price : £230.00 Saving : £165	Military Print Pack....... Titles in this pack : Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. Fighting for a Foothold, 82nd Airborne at St Mere Eglise, 1944 by Chris Collingwood. (AP)

Colonel Ed Shames (deceased)

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