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Name: PLAYFAIR, Norman Ernest (Lieut.)
Nee: bro of Everard Milman Playfair, son of Elliott Minto Playfair
Birth Date: 14.12.1867 Kamptee, India
Death Date: 4.3.1914 Waterlooville, Hampshire, suicide
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1900
Profession: Military
Married: In Kensington 1910 Mabel Louisa Ross b. 26 Sep 1867 Sandgate, Kent, d. 6 Apr 1953 (prev. m. Sir Frederick William Edward Forestier-Walker 1884-1910)
Book Reference: North
War Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers (India 1897-8)
General Information:
North - Appt. Lieut. Uganda Mil. 25/11/1898; dep. India for EA 25/11/1898; dep Mombasa for Uganda 24/12/1898; with the Wakedi Field Force in Unyoro, March, April 1899; Africa GSM, clasp 'Uganda 1899'; promoted to Capt. 10/5/1899; end of appt. 25/3/1900. Committed suiceide by stabbing himself with a dagger, Waterlooville, Hampshire
Formerly Governor of Suakin, had served in the Tirah Campaign