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Name: TOMPKINS, Arthur Charles (Capt.)
Birth Date: 1862 Reading
Death Date: 21 July 1931 Kensington, London
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1901
Profession: Uganda Railway
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Wokingham 1886 Gertrude Lester Stevens b. 14 Dec 1864 Swanage, d. 21 Mar 1952 Hove)
Children: Arthur Hildebrand Lester (1886 Reading-1955 Andover); Aileen Gertrude Lester (23 Apr 1891 Reading-20 July 1952 Hove); Robert Tancred (24 Sep 1892 Cape Town); Violet Madeline Lester (1900 Bedford-12 Apr 1929 Islington); Lena Millicent Lester (Trew) (29 Oct 1902 Johore, Malaysia-11 July 1966 London)
Book Reference: North
War Service: 4th Royal Fusiliers
General Information:
'Major Tompkins'
North - Uganda Railway - From Bedford; UK Appt. as Asst. Commissariat Officer 5/4/1899; Nairobi July 1899; on leave June 1901, to be given 3 months' notice and not to return June 1901
1911 England census - army officer in Reading