Bill Kennedy Shaw

Military Person

1901 – 1979

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Who was Bill Kennedy Shaw?

Major William Boyd Kennedy Shaw OBE was a British desert explorer, botanist, archaeologist and founding member of the Long Range Desert Group during World War II. He was known, variously as Bill Shaw or Bill Kennedy Shaw, but preferred the latter form of his name, which he always used in his writings.

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Born
Oct 26, 1901
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Radley College
Died
Apr 23, 1979

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on July 23, 2013

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