Shaw, W. B. Kennedy 1901-
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- nuc89-51587: His Long range desert group [MI] 1945(hdg. on MH rept.: Shaw, W. B. Kennedy (William Boyd Kennedy), 1901- ; usage: W.B. Kennedy Shaw)
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William Boyd Kennedy Shaw OBE (26 October 1901 – 23 April 1979) was a British desert explorer, botanist, archaeologist and soldier. During the Second World War he served with the British Army's Long Range Desert Group, and the Special Air Service Regiment. 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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