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Name: SHORTER, Arthur Edward
Birth Date: 9.4.1879 Dublin
Death Date: 1.12.1958 Birkenhead, Cheshire
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1901
Profession: Military
Married: In Camberwell 9 June 1902 Rose Gannicliffe b. 1880 Exeter
Children: Winifred Eileen (1903-1973); Cyril Gordon (1904-1984); Claude Barnaby Onslow (1907-1979); Kenneth Ivor St Clair (1907-1983); Norah Kathleen Rose (1910-2012)
Book Reference: North
War Service: RE
General Information:
North - Uganda Railway - Former L/Cpl. Telegraph Signaller RE from Forest Hill, London; arr. Zanzibar from Europe 27/8/1899; transferred to UP 23/5/1901; with UP at Jinja; invalided home 27/7/1901 Military Signaller, Telegraph Dept. 30/9/1900; 3rd Nandi punitive expedition 24/5/1900 - 30/10/1900; Africa GSM clasp 'Uganda 1900'; 'Smart and anxious to please …. steady and reliable' (Stallibrass, NRM)