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Name: BENTINCK, Arthur William Douglas DSO (Lieut.)
Nee: Count of Holy Roman Empire. Son of Lt.-Col. Henry Charles Adolphus Frederick Bentinck, Coldstream Guards
Birth Date: 24 July 1887 Marylebone
Death Date: 26 Nov 1962 Nairobi
First Date: 1913
Profession: Military
Married: Unmarried
Book Reference: Moyse, Burke, Eton, Eton Obs
War Service: Lieut-Col Coldstream Guards served WW1 and WW2 (KAR BEA 1913-14 (wounded), BEF 1914 (wounded)
School: Eton 1901-04 and Trinity College Cambridge
General Information:
Moyse - 1914 - wounded in action near Serenli
Burke - Egyptian Army 1916-17, Abyssinia under FO 1917-20, Ethiopia 1940-41 (despatches, Haile Selassie Mil Medal with Palm 1941), Burma and China 1941-42, Br. Military Mission to Egyptian Army 1942-45), also Iraq 1922-23 and 1926-27, served Internat Police Saar Plebiscite 1934-35, Br Ambulance Serv Red Cross Abyssinia 1936, observer Sudetenland 1938, Br Mil Admin Somalia 1946-48, Kenya Police Reserve Mau Mau Emergency 1952-54
Gazette 12 Feb 1963 probate
Langata cemetery, Nairobi Colonel Count / Arthur William Douglas / Bentick D.S.O / in loving memory of an / uncle and guardian / 1887 - 1962 / a servant of Jesus Christ