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Name: RENTON, Colin Campbell (Lieut.-Col.)
Nee: 2nd son of the late Major General Robert Renton, Madras Staff Corps
Birth Date: 29.3.1867 Edinburgh
Death Date: 2.9.1915 Kibigori
Last Date: 1915
Profession: Accidentally killed while on active service.
Area: Nakuru
Married: In North Berwick, East Lothian Margaret Elphinstone Sprott b. 5 Oct 1869 Aberdeen, d. 1948 Bedford
Children: Violet Elsie MacDougall (27 Feb 1898 Bombay-1972)
Book Reference: CWGC, Barnes
War Service: Comm. 98th Infantry, Indian Army
General Information:
Barnes - Nakuru North Cemetery - Colin Campbell Renton, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding 96th Infantry, Indian Army, second son of the late Major-General Robert Renton, Madras Staff Corps, accidentally killed whilst on active service at Kibigori, British East Africa - born 29/3/1867, died 2/9/1915 - in loving memory, erected by his brother officers and all ranks of the 96th Infantry
CWGC - Lieutenant Colonel, 98th Indian Infantry, who died on Thursday, 2nd September 1915. Age 48. Son of Maj. Gen. Robert Renton (Indian Staff Corps); husband of M. Renton. Nakuru North Cemetery, Grave Ref: 73