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Name: GAMBLE, Oswald
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1880 Liberton, Edinburgh
Death Date: 10 Mar 1933 Tunbridge Wells
First Date: 1905
Profession: Paymaster, Police
Area: Nairobi
Married: In London 11.1.1909 Frances Eleanor Smith b.1878 West Ward, Westmorland, d. 29 Nov 1954 Uckfield
Children: Four
Book Reference: Cuckoo, Playne, Drumkey, Land, EAHB 1906, North, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Police - Pay and Quarter-Master. Drumkey also has Oswald Gamble, Paymaster, 1st KAR, EAP, May 1st 1905; Asst. Paymaster to Forces, BCA 1901; Paymaster Somaliland Field Force 1902-04; African General Service Medal
Land - 1910 - O. Gamble - Agriculture, 1100 acres - Juba River - 22/6/10 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/8/10 - Registered 20/9/10
North - Firearms registered at Mombasa on way to Mazeras 26-7-1905
Red Book 1912 - O. Gamble - Nairobi
Gazette 15/4/1910 - Resigned as Pay and Quartermaster, East Africa Police from 31/3/1910
Cuckoo - 1908 - Paymaster and Quartermaster of the Police. Playne - the same in 1909