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Name: RATTIGAN, Herbert William (Major)
Birth Date: 24.8.1867 Delhi
Death Date: 10 Nov 1934 Marylebone, London
Nationality: British
First Date: 1900
Profession: Military
Married: In Sulmacy, Bengal, India 3 Sep 1907 Florence Mary Cameron née Allan b. 1870, d. 16 Jan 1951 Battle, Sussex
Book Reference: Moyse, EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1906, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904
War Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - Company Commander 3 KAR - temporarily serving in Somaliland
North - Acting OC Jubaland, Yonte Jan 1900; moved from Gobwen to Kismayu 15/12/1900; Staff Officer of Ogaden punitive Force Jan 1901; arr. Mombasa from Nairobi 24/6/1901, dep. for England 4/7/1901; appt. Staff Officer to General W.H. Manning, Inspector General KAR 23/8/1902; arr. Mombasa from England 16/11/1905; Retired 17/2/1906
EAHB 1906 - Soudan, 1888 Action at Gamazah, Medal with clasp, bronze star; Operations on the Nile 1889; Operations in Chitral 1895; With the Relief Force, storming of the Malakand Pass. Medal with clasp; British East Africa 1901 - Operations against the Ogaden Somalis in Jubaland. Senior Staff Officer, Medal with clasp; East Africa 1904 - Operations in Somaliland, Action at Jidballi, Despatches, London Gazette, 2 September 1904 2 clasps
EA Diary 1902 - Captain - The East Africa Rifles - 1901
Moyse - King's Own Scottish Borderers - November 1900 - set off with 100 men to avenge A.C.W. Jenner's murder in Jubaland but rain forced them to return.
KAR - Campaign against the Mad Mullah - 1900