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Name: JENKINS, Edward Vaughan DSO (Major)

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Nee: son of Lieut.-Colonel Vaughan Jenkins

Birth Date: 14.10.1879 Lucknow

Death Date: 20.2.1941 Bolney, Sussex

Nationality: British

First Date: 1902

Profession: KAR; Uganda Railway official

Area: EAHB 1906 Kericho

Married: 1. In Sevenoaks 1904 Evelyn Marie Germon bapt. 10 May 1878 Brighton; 2. Mary Kathleen

Book Reference: Gillett, Cuckoo, Sitrep 6, Police, Moyse, Debrett, EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Harmony, DSO, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907

War Service: West Riding Regt.

School: Clifton College

General Information:

Sitrep 6 - Africa General Service Medal 1902-56 - East Africa 1905 - This clasp was awarded for two expeditions; the first under Major L.R.H. Pope-Hennessy, DSO (OXLI) to Sotik - 1905; the second under Capt. E.V. Jenkins DSO (DWR) to Kisii - 1905.
Police - In 1904 a small body of Police under Sergeant-Instructor J.H. Milton was attached to a Company of the KAR, commanded by Captain (later Lieut.-Col) E.V. Jenkins, DSO, which dealt successfully with a revolt of the Kisii in the Kisumu (later Nyanza) Province and for this the EA General Service Medal with a bar (Kisii, 1904) was also issued.  
Moyse - led a punitive expedition against the Kisii in 1905  
Debrett- entered Duke of Wellington's (W. Riding Regt.) 1899, became Capt 1904, and Major 1919; retired 1920; now Major Reserve of Officers; S. Africa 1899-1902, present at relief of Kimberley, and battles of Paardeberg, Driefontein, and Rhenoster Kop (despatches, Queen's medal with 4 clasps, King's medal with 2 clasps, DSO), with Nandi Expedition 1905-6 (despatches, medal with 2 clasps) European War 1914; was Comdt. 4th Batn. of KAR 1902-12
North - Uganda Mil. - Uganda Railway later Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 7/11/10, age 32, Soldier, Kampala
DSO - London Gazette 27/9/1901 - In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa. He was promoted Lieut. 19 Feb 1900; was employed with the KAR 22 Apr 1902 to 21 April 1912; became Captain 15 Apr 1904; served in East Africa 1905 in command of an expedition (Despatches) ; served at Nandi 1905-6 (Medal with 2 clasps) ……
Cuckoo - 1904 - Sent with a company of the 3rd KAR and a machine gun detachment to Kisumu, with orders to go into the unadministered Kisii country and restore order among the wild tribesmen. (Duke of Wellington's Own).
Nat Probate Calendar

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