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Name: DRESSER, Lionel Arthur (Lieut. RNR)
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1879 Tooting
Death Date: 24 Jan 1908 Elmenteita, gunshot wound, accident
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1908
Profession: Chief officer of the 'Clement Hill'
Area: Kisumu
Married: ?Charlotte (got probate but may be his mother called Charlotte)
Book Reference: Gazette, North
General Information:
Gazette 1/5/1908 - By the death of Lieut. L.A. Dresser RNR, Chief Officer ss 'Clement Hill' who met with a fatal gun accident when out shooting at Elmenteita on January 24th, the Lake Steamer Service has lost a capable and hard-working officer, who though he had only served a short time had succeeded in winning the confidence of his superiors.
Nat Probate Calendar
Indentured into Merchant Navy 16 Mar 1896
East African Standard 1 Feb 1908 At Elmenteita Mr Dresser, the second officer of the Uganda Railway Lake Steamers, went out to shoot and successfully begged a buck. In coming up with his quarry it was still struggling so he lifted his rifle and struck it over the back of the head with the butt end. The concussion discharged the rifle and the bullet entered his abdomen and passed out at his back causing a terrible wound which proved fatal before European aid could reach him.