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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-2 Sep 1981 Chrischurch, Dorset)
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. Inscription: n loving memory / of / Roland Morrison Shaw / died 13th November 1937 / age 54 / and Laura Shaw / died 20th November 1945 / age 63 / happy memories
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