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Name: FLETCHER, Henry William Overstreet Knox (Capt.)
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1867 Dublin
Death Date: 24 May 1906 Hoima, blackwater fever
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1906
Profession: 4th KAR
Area: Uganda
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1906, Globe, Gazette, Moyse
War Service: East Lancashire Regt.
General Information:
North - Appt. to be in charge of Uganda Rifles Depot at Mombasa; at Mombasa 9/5/1899; listed as on leave at May 1901; dep for Uganda 12/2/1903, Former NCO; recommended for promotion to Capt. Sept. 1899; promoted to Local Capt., Company Commander 4th Batt. KAR 25-5-1902; Special Service Officer, Somaliland, Quartermaster & Transport July 1902; Company Commander 4th Batt. KAR Dec 1903
The Globe Trotter - 6th March 1907 - The Guard's Story - mention of Major Souter and Captain Fletcher on train journey in 1899.
Gazette - 1/7/1906 - Obituary - Captain Fletcher was appointed to the Uganda Rifles on 10 August 1898 and on arrival at Mombasa was placed in command of the Military Depot. When the Mombasa Depot was closed for recruiting purposes Capt. Fletcher was given command of the troops at Nimule in the Nile Province. Early in May he was transferred to Hoima and soon afterwards contracted Blackwater Fever. Captain Fletcher did excellent work in Uganda and his death is sincerely regretted by all his Civil and Military colleagues. Died at Hoima on 24 May 1906.
KAR - Campaign against the Mad Mullah - 1900