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Name: CORFIELD, Richard Conyngham

Nee: son of Conyngham William George and Henrietta Corfield

Birth Date: 27 Apr 1882 Basford, Notts.

Death Date: 9 Aug 1913 Dul Madoba, Somaliland

First Date: 1912

Last Date: 1913

Profession: 1912 Berbera - Commandant assisted by A. Gibb and C. de S. Dunn. Political officer in Somalia. Attacked by Mad Mullah'a army

Book Reference: Moyse, Havash, Web

War Service: Boer War

School: Marlborough

General Information:

Havash - Stigand, Aylmer and Mr Corfield all killed in the act of defending tribes under the protection of the Union Jack from hostile raiders.

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