LRDG Kennedy Shaw, William Boyd

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Kennedy Shaw ​

• FORENAME

William Boyd ​

• UNIT

LRPU R Patrol + LRDG Intelligence Officer ​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant + Lieutenant (T/Captain) +Captain (T/Major) ​

• NUMBER

146099 ​

• AWARD

O.B.E.,M.B.E.,Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

North Africa 1940-41 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Intelligence Corps (former General List)​

born 1901​

employed Colonial Office prewar​

joined LRPU July 1940​

R Patrol LRPU​

Intelligence Officer LRDG March 1941​

British Military Administration,Tripolitania(Advisor on Arab Affairs) 1943​

Intelligence Officer HQ SAS Brigade 1944-45​

author "Long Range Desert Group" (1945)​

died April 1979 Lichfield​

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