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Name: McCOMBIE, L. H. D.
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1881 Dublin
Death Date: 3 July 1915 Kabarole, Uganda, on active service
First Date: 1906
Profession: Inspector of Police, Nbi. under Foran
Area: Nairobi
Married: Limerick 1911 Mary Jane 'May' Monypenny b. 1874, d. 28 Apr 1955 Glasgow
Children: Marguerite Gordon (27 May 1913 Willesden-1993)
Book Reference: Cuckoo, UJ, EAHB 1907, North
General Information:
Uganda Journal Vol 20, (1956), 108 - ……. Nearly half the Nubi company was unfit so 50 police under McCombie were substituted. Note - L.H.D. McCombie, Administrative Service; in Uganda 1906-15. Killed on active service at Dwagandu, Kagera Military District, 3 July 1915, while on duty as Assistant Intelligence Officer.
EAHB 1907 - Inspector - Police EAHB 1907 - Kiambu
Took Indian Police Force exam 1900. In Feb 1902 lived in Bothaville, S. Africa.
Buried in Kabarole Mission Cem. Bushenyi, Uganda
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death