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Name: SHAW, Roland Morrison

Birth Date: 1884 Sutton Coldfield, bapt. 11 May

Death Date: 13.11.1937 Nairobi

First Date: 1910

Last Date: 1937

Profession: Gunsmith. Proprietor of Messrs. Shaw & Hunter - Leading firm for Arms and ammunition etc. Outfitters of shooting and big game expeditions.

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Aston, Warks. 1907 Laura King b. 1883 Spring Hill, Birmingham

Children: Bertram Roland Morrison (8 July 1909 London-1981)

Book Reference: Manual, Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Macmillan, Gazette, Barnes

War Service: EAUL

General Information:

Gillett - A gunsmith with Messrs Newland & Tarlton, Safari Outfitters. He opened a Gunsmith business in 1920 which was known as Shaw & Hunter.
Macmillan - 1930 - Shaw & Hunter Ltd., Complete Safari Outfitters, Gun, Rifle and Ammunition Specialists - Mr R.M. Shaw, who was for 15 years with the well known firm of gunsmiths, Westley, Richards & Co. of London, personally superintends all gun-repair work, and the staff comprises European experts of long and extensive experience capable of carrying out the most delicate repairs to fire-arms, the curing of skins, and mounting and setting up of trophies, all the skins and heads being arsenically treated.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - R.M. Shaw, Newland Tarlton and Co.
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Roland Morrison Shaw, British, age 54, died 13/11/37
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - Roland Morrison Shaw - Gunmaker, Salisbury Road, Parklands
Red 25 has R.W. Shaw, c/o Shaw & Hunter
Gazette - 26/8/1925 - Dissolution of Partnership between Roland Morrison Shaw and Mrs Hilda Hunter carrying on business under the style or firm of Shaw and Hunter. Roland Morrison Shaw continues the business
In his baptism entry his name is spelt Rowland

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