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Colonel Maurice Kershaw Matthews OBE, TD, DL (21 June 1880 – 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.[2]

Maurice Matthews

Personal information
Born	(1880-06-21)21 June 1880 St. Pancras, London, England
Died	20 June 1957(1957-06-20) (aged 76) Bournemouth, England
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  United Kingdom Olympic Games 1908 London Team small-bore rifle 1908 London Moving target

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.[3]

Matthews went into business as a valuer, rating assessor and estate agent, based in Tottenham Court Road.[4]

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.[5] He was subsequently granted the brevet rank of colonel in the Royal Fusiliers, retiring in 1940.[6]

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.[7]

In 1935 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London.[8]

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.[9]

He died in Bournemouth in 1957, aged 77.[1]

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[ru] Мэттьюс, Морис

Морис Кершоу Мэттьюс (англ. Maurice Kershaw Matthews; 21 июня 1880 (1880-06-21), Лондон — 20 июня 1957, Борнмут) — британский стрелок, чемпион и призёр летних Олимпийских игр.

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