Colonel Maurice Kershaw Matthews OBE, TD, DL (21 June 1880 – 20 June 1957) was a British army officer, businessman, and local politician. He was also a sport shooter, who competed in the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

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

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. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1930. He was subsequently granted the brevet rank of colonel in the

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, retiring in 1940. 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. In 1935 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London. 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. He was awarded the

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in the 1953 New Year's Honours. He died in

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in 1957, aged 77.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Maurice 1880 births 1957 deaths British Army personnel of World War I British Army personnel of World War II Military personnel from London British male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for 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