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Name: LIVEING, Charles Hawker

Birth Date: 1.4.1872 Marylebone

Death Date: 20.3.1934 Salisbury, Wilts.

Nationality: British

First Date: 1899

Profession: Military, Uganda Rifles

Area: Uganda

Married: In Marylebone 4 July 1901 Mabel Weston Varnum b. 18 Dec 1979 Japan, d. 2 Mar 1972 Lee on Solent

Children: Robert George (18 Apr 1905 Woolwich-1968)

Book Reference: North

War Service: Norwich Regt.

General Information:

North - Appt. Lieut. Uganda Rifles Sept 1899; arr. Mombasa 1-12-1899; dep. Mombasa for Uganda 6-12-1899; Forced to resign after some of the troops in his charge mutinied, arr. Mombasa from Uganda 18-2-1901; arr. London 17-3-1901; end of appt. 22-4-1901; 'He seems …. to have a great antipathy to black men and his faults of temper make him quite unsuited for dealing with native soldiery.' (Sir Harry Johnston, FO 2) Dep. for Europe 23/2/1901

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