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Name: DUNNING, Harry Gordon (Capt.)
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1861 London
Death Date: 9 Mar 1895 Unyoro, of wounds inflicted by Kabarega's riflemen
Nationality: British
First Date: 1894
Last Date: 1895
Profession: Royal Fusiliers; Collector
Area: Kampala, Unyoro
Married: In Westminster 8 Aug 1892 Nina Newtonia Webb Bowen b. 1861 Camrose, Wales, d. 16 Jan 1943 Northam, Devon (formerly m. to John William Penn 1861-1890 and later m. Spencer Taverner Hankey 1870-1960)
Children: Dolores D'Aguilar Newton (16 May 1893 Weymouth-1986)
Book Reference: Moyse, North, UJ
War Service: Royal Fusiliers
General Information:
Uganda Journal - Vol. 23, p. 195 - The Mutiny Memorial at Bukaleba - ……. Dunning died on 9 March 1895 of wounds received in action against Kabarega a week before (see UJ, 6 (1938-9), 129). He is buried at Hoima.
North - appt. 1st Asst Collector UP; arr. Kampala 4/11/1894; attached to Sudanese troops; mortally wounded on operation in Unyoro 2/3/1895