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Name: LONG, James (Capt.)
Birth Date: 1916
Death Date: 28 Dec 1944 explosion and fire in Naval Barracks, Assab, Mogadishu
First Date: 1922
Area: Nanyuki
Book Reference: Red 22, CWGC, Gazette
War Service: Leicester Regt.
General Information:
CWGC has Capt. James Long, 164547. The Leicestershire Regt. 28th December 1944 - Nairobi War Cemetery, Plot 2 B 17
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - J. Long, Saw Mills
Death: Accidental explosion & fire in Naval Barracks, Assab, Mogadishu. Also killed in this incident were WOII Carruthers (CMP), Lt Latutin (Somali Gendarmerie); KR2839 Tpr JA Cowen (EAACR); KR2918 Tpr JP Foster (EAACR); KR2892 Tpr P Jacquemier (EAACR);
(Extract from Mervyn Carnelly's history of the KACR/EAACR Carnelley, Mervyn D.”, THE HISTORY OF THE KENYA ARMOURED CAR REGIMENT DURING THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN 1939-1941, M.D. Carnelley, Naivasha)
East African Forces Register of Deaths in WW2 aged 28