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Name: BEAUCLERK, Charles Edward de Vere (Lieut.)
Birth Date: 10.10.1875 London
Death Date: 14.1.1900 Kerenge Island, Lake Victoria, Uganda, blackwater fever
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1900
Profession: Uganda Protectorate Staff List 1898-1901; appt. Lieut. Uganda Military 9-6-1898; dep. Marseille for Mombasa 16-6-1898; dep. Mombasa for Uganda 23-6-1898; died 14-1-1900 on an island in Lake Victoria, blackwater fever
Area: Uganda
Book Reference: North, Web DNW
War Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps
General Information:
Web DNW - commissioned as a 2nd Lieut. In the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 10 Oct 1894. He was appointed Lieut. In the Uganda Militia in June 1898, immediately departing London for Uganda, via Marseilles and Mombasa. He served with the Wakedi Field Force in Unyoro in March and April 1899 (Medal with clasp). He died on Kerenge Island, Lake Victoria, on 14 Jan 1900, whilst on his way from Kampala to Kisumu having been invalided to the coast with blackwater fever.