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Name: SHORTHOSE, William John Townsend DSO (Lieut.-Col.)
Birth Date: 6 May 1888 Totland, Isle of Wight
Death Date: 11 Mar 1974 Nigeria
First Date: 1913
Profession: Soldier - seconded to 4th KAR in Uganda in 1913
Area: Uganda
Married: In Croydon 1919 Clare Josephine Lilley b. 29 July 1894 , d. 27 June 1984 Crowborough (div.)
Author: 'Sport and Adventure in Africa'
Book Reference: Shorthose, Debrett, DSO, Nicholls, SS, Gethin
General Information:
Debrett - is Lieut.-Col. (retired) S. Staffordshire Regt., Lieut.-Col. Reserve of Officers, and a FRGS; European War 1914-19 as Lieut.-Col. King's African Rifles (despatches, DSO, Croix de Guerre with palm, Order of Aviz of Portugal), Somaliland 1920 (despatches)
Nicholls - WW1 - Lieut. W.J.T. Shorthose, with 40 KAR men and 6 settlers, bravely marched from Kericho to retake Kisii, observed from the hills by Africans who had a morning's entertainment watching white men shoot at each other. As far as they were concerned, one white man was as bad as another and they did not much mind who was in possession of Kisii.
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major W.J. Shorthose, Stickworth Hall, Arreton, Isle of Wight - Farm 259
4th KAR Company Commander at the action at Kisii in Sept. 1914