Maurice Matthews
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Born | St. Pancras, London, England |
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Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bournemouth, England |
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Colonel Maurice Kershaw Matthews OBE, TD, DL (21 June 1889 – 20 June 1957) was a British army officer, businessman, and local politician.[1] He was also a sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
In the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team small-bore rifle event, silver in the moving target small-bore rifle event, was fourth in the stationary target small-bore rifle event and 9th in the disappearing target small-bore rifle event.[2]
Matthews went into business as a valuer, rating assessor and estate agent, based in Tottenham Court Road.[3]
He held a commission as an officer in the Territorial Force and later Territorial Army, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 1st City of London Regiment. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1930.[4] He was subsequently granted the brevet rank of colonel in the Royal Fusiliers, retiring in 1940.[5]
From 1931-36 he sat on the London County Council, representing St Pancras South West as a member of the Conservative-backed Municipal Reform Party.[6]
In 1935 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London.[7]
Matthews was sometime chairman and vice-president of the London Trustees Savings Bank, and in 1955 became vice-president of the Trustees Savings Banks Association.[1] He was awarded the OBE in the 1953 New Year's Honours.[8]
He died in Bournemouth in 1957, aged 77.[1]
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28775. p. 8433. 21 November 1913.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33606. p. 3072. 16 May 1930.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34946. p. 5535. 16 September 1940.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34184. p. 4846. 26 July 1935.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39732. p. 14. 30 December 1952.
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- 1889 births
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- British male sport shooters
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- Olympic shooters of Great Britain
- Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- London Regiment officers
- Members of London County Council
- Deputy Lieutenants of the County of London
- Royal Fusiliers officers
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics