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Name: RUMBOLD, William Edwin (Capt.)
Birth Date: 22.10.1870 St. Petersburg, Russia
Death Date: 25.1.1947 East Lothian
First Date: 1900
Last Date: 1902
Profession: 4 KAR, 1902 involved in handling trouble with the Nandi
Married: 21 Feb 1903 Elizabeth Dunbar Jordon b. 1879 New Brunswick, Canada, d. 1948
Children: Horace Algernon Fraser (27 Feb 1906 North Berwick, Haddingtonshire-1993); Violet Elizabeth (1907 North Berwick); Robert William (1912-1983); Alastair Gordon (28 Oct 1914-1992);
Book Reference: Moyes, North, EA Diary 1903, Hut
War Service: RA
General Information:
North - dep. Mombasa by train for Uganda 20/4/1900; in charge of military guard at Earthworks Div. Nov 1900; dep. Ravine on expedn. to Suk country 9/1/1901; based Eastern Mil. Div. May 1901
North - With 4 KAR at Kericho July 1902; arr. Mombasa from Fort Ternan 28/10/1902, dep for England 5/11/1902
North - Resigned 28/5/1903