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Name: ROGERS, Algernon Richard
Birth Date: 1873 Alverstoke, Hants
Death Date: 16.2.1908 Athi River, self-inflicted gunshot wound
First Date: 1906
Profession: Police, at no 2 Camp, Athi River, when died
Area: Nakuru
Book Reference: Gillett, Hut, Barnes, Gazette, North
General Information:
Nairobi South cemetery - A.R. Rogers, died Feb 1908, buried 17 Feb 1908
Gazette 1/11/1907 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Police Sergt. A.R. Rogers - 11/9/1907
Gazette - 1-3-1908 - Probate and Administration - Sergeant Rogers deceased who died of gunshot wound at Athi River Camp on the 16th day of February 1908
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death
UK Army Register of Soldiers' Effects says he was born at Forton [sic] 6.3.90, but that cannot be correct
CO 3961 East Africa Protectorate 18 Feb 1908 Sgt Rogers white Police Force shot himself while on duty at Athi River 16 Feb. Verdict at inquest temporarily insane. Military funeral yesterday evening here.