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{{Short description|English cricketer and soldier (1896–1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| full_name = Arnold Lupton Shaw
| nickname =
| birth_date = 19 January 1896
| birth_place = [[Harrogate]], [[Yorkshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|11|13|1896|1|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Malton, North Yorkshire|Malton]], Yorkshire, England
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| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
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| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1933/34–1935/36
| club2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]
| year2 = 1934/35–1935/36
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 64
| bat avg1 = 9.14
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 35
| deliveries1 = 126
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 12.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/47
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 9 December 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/arnold-shaw-34422 ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Arnold Lupton Shaw''' {{postnominal|DSO}} (19 January 1896 – 13 November 1972) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Shaw was born at [[Harrogate]] in January 1896. He joined the [[British Army]] at the start of the [[First World War]], serving as a non-commissioned officer in the [[5th Royal Irish Lancers]], where he saw action on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]. He was present at the Battles of [[First Battle of the Aisne|Aisne]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Ypres]], [[Battle of the Somme|Somme]], and [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Arras]].<ref name="BIO">{{cite web|url=https://greenhowards.org.uk/announcement/arnold-lupton-shaw/|title=Arnold Lupton Shaw|date=21 May 2018 |publisher=www.greenhowards.org.uk|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> Shaw transferred to the [[Yorkshire Regiment]] in September 1917, when he received a commission as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30376|date=9 November 1917|page=11660|supp=y}}</ref>

Following the war, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in March 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31346|date=16 May 1919|page=6215|supp=y}}</ref> and served in [[British India]] in the [[Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)|Waziristan campaign]].<ref name="BIO"/> Shaw transferred to the [[Green Howards]] during the 1920s and was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33578|date=11 February 1930|page=894}}</ref> From 1930 to 1931, he served in the [[Shanghai Defence Force]].<ref name="BIO"/> By 1933, he was serving with the [[Green Howards]] and was seconded to the [[Auxiliary Force (India)|Auxiliary Force]] in India in January of that year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33904|date=20 January 1933|page=442}}</ref> In India, he played [[first-class cricket]] on four occasions between 1934 and 1936, making two appearances for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in the [[Madras Presidency Match]]es and two appearances for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14542/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arnold Shaw|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 64 runs in his four matches, with a highest score of 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14542/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arnold Shaw|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> With the ball, he took 5 wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 12.00, with best figures of 4 for 47.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14542/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Arnold Shaw|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Shaw left India in January 1936 and was restored to the Green Howards,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34254|date=11 February 1936|page=909}}</ref> with promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] following in August 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34538|date=5 August 1938|page=5022|supp=y}}</ref> Shaw served in the [[Second World War]], where he commanded the 1st Battalion, Green Howards.<ref name="BIO"/> He was [[mentioned in dispatches]] in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]] and the [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36120|date=3 August 1943|page=3525|supp=y}}</ref> In September 1943, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36186|date=24 September 1943|page=4296|supp=y}}</ref> In November of the same year, he received the [[Distinguished Service Order]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36251|date=16 November 1943|page=5061|supp=y}}</ref> In the latter stages of the war, he was appointed to Military Commander of [[Lod|Lydda]] and [[Gaza City|Gaza]] Districts.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ordinances|year=1945|publisher=Palestine|page=538|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjorAQAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref>

Shaw retired from the Green Howards following the war and upon exceeding the age for recall in December 1948, was granted the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38491|date=28 December 1948|page=6734|supp=y}}</ref> He emigrated to [[Kenya Colony]] with his wife, Constance Smith ({{married-in|1917}}), in January 1949 aboard the liner {{SS|Matiana}}. There, he joined the [[Kenya Police|Colonial Police]] in [[Nairobi]], with the rank of assistant [[Superintendent (police)|superintendent]]. He became a senior superintendent in 1956, policing there during the [[Mau Mau rebellion]].<ref name="BIO"/> He spent his final years in England, where he died in November 1972 at [[Malton, North Yorkshire|Malton, Yorkshire]].<ref name="BIO"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=34422}}

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[[Category:1896 births]]
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[[Category:Cricketers from Harrogate]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:5th Royal Irish Lancers soldiers]]
[[Category:Yorkshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Waziristan Campaign]]
[[Category:Green Howards officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:British Army brigadiers]]
[[Category:British emigrants to British Kenya]]
[[Category:British colonial police officers]]
[[Category:British people of the Mau Mau rebellion]]
[[Category:British military personnel in colonial India]]
[[Category:Military personnel from North Yorkshire]]

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