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Name: CHOWNE, Charles Henry William

Birth Date: 6.6.1870 Shoreditch

Death Date: 2.11.1895 killed at Chengoni, shot through heart

First Date: 1894

Last Date: 1895

Profession: Military, Lance Corporal

Area: Mombasa, Chengoni

Book Reference: David Woolley, North

General Information:

Photograph of grave at Ribe sent by David Woolley - 'In Memory of C. Chowne RMLI, HMS Phoebe, Killed at Chengoni November 2 1895
North - RMLI - joined HMS Phoebe at Zanzibar 26-11-1894; died 2-11-1895 killed during shore operation at Chengoni between Mombasa and Kilifi, buried at Ribe Mission

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