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Name: CORFIELD, Richard Conyngham
Nee: son of Conyngham William George and Henrietta Corfield
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1882 Basford, Notts.
Death Date: 9 Aug 1913 Dul Madoba, Somaliland
First Date: 1912
Last Date: 1913
Profession: 1912 Berbera - Commandant assisted by A. Gibb and C. de S. Dunn. Political officer in Somalia. Attacked by Mad Mullah'a army
Book Reference: Moyse, Havash, Web
War Service: Boer War
School: Marlborough
General Information:
Havash - Stigand, Aylmer and Mr Corfield all killed in the act of defending tribes under the protection of the Union Jack from hostile raiders.