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Name: COLLARD, Charles Edwin CB , RM (Capt.)
Birth Date: 8.8.1868 Alton Pancras, Dorchester, Dorset
Death Date: 19.8.1942 Walmer, Kent
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1900
Profession: Uganda Military
Married: In Ware 17 Dec 1906 Mary Hester Ueckermann b. 10 Feb 1872 Heidelberg, S. Africa, d. 18 June 1960 Nairobi (prev. m. to Robert Morton Findlay 1864-1902)
Author: Collection of photos at Royal Commonwealth Society
Book Reference: North, Web DNW
War Service: Royal Marines
General Information:
North - appt. Captain Uganda Mil. 8-1-1898; with 1st Baluchis at Kampala July 1898; Commanding Officer Wadelai Sept 1898; East & Central Africa Medal clasp 'Uganda 97-8'; arr Mombasa from Uganda 2-5-1900, dep Mombasa for SA via Zanzibar on 4 months' leave 9-5-1900; resigned from Bulawayo, end of appt. 27-7-1900
RCS - was a Captain in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and was the senior military officer on the expedition in December 1899 against the Uyoma and other northern Luo tribes that set out from Mumias and Port Ugowe.
Web DNW - Charles Edwin Collard was seconded, 8 January, 1898, for special service with the Rand Rifles in South Africa, and served during the operations in Uganda, 1898 (Despatches, medal with clasp); and in 1899 in command of forces in the expedition into the Wyoma country .….…… {more} served in South African Campaign and later senior Royal Marine Officer afloat during the battle of Jutland.
In 1921 Census of Canada
1939 England and Wales Register living alone in Deal
Langata cemetery, Nairobi :in loving memory / of / Mary Hester / Collard / died 18th June 1960