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Name: PLAYFAIR, Norman Ernest (Lieut.)

Nee: son of Elliott Minto Playfair

Birth Date: 14.12.1867 Camptee, India

Death Date: 8.3.1914 Waterlooville, Hampshire, suicide

First Date: 1898

Last Date: 1900

Profession: Military

Married: In Kensington 1910 Eleanor F. Sreeves

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

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