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Name: SHAW, George Lisle Gordon
Birth Date: 1908 Morpeth
Death Date: 18 Nov 1953 murdered by Mau Mau at Thika
First Date: 1931
Last Date: 1953
Profession: Farmer
Area: 1931 Lalem Mt Kweisos Koru, 1930 Karahuta Estate, Thika
Married: Jean
Children: Elizabeth Nan (Wollen) (1938); Nigel Seton (1938); Michael William (1943)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Golf, Red 31, Hut, Wed
General Information:
Golf - Winner of Koru GC Club Championship in 30's. He looked after and ran the Koru Course almost continuously from 1932-39. Winner of the Nyanza Open Golf Championship in 1932, 1935
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List - farmer, Koru
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 286). No birthdate in KR records.
President of the Golf Union of EA in 1953. Won Gillespie Cup at Thika in 1939 and 1950. Won Thika, Ruiru, Makuyu District Championship in 1948, 1950/51.
Killed pursuing a gang through a coffee plantation in the Thika District, after his car stuck in an antbear hole.
Gazette 1 Dec 1953 probate
Played rugby for Thika/Ruiru