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Name: RAWLINS, Stuart William Hughes CB, CMG, DSO (Col.)
Nee: son of William Donaldson Rawlins KC, MA
Birth Date: 27.5.1880 Marylebone, London
Death Date: 16.12.1927 Hartley Wintney, pneumonia
First Date: 1903
Profession: KAR
Area: Uganda
Married: In Westminster 22 Nov 1910 Dorothy Pepys Cockerell b. 27 Apr 1884 Kensington, d. 1 Nov 1937 Droxford, Hants. ( Madras Civil Service)
Children: Michael Harrison Pepys (16 Sep 1918 Farnham-1994); John Stuart Pepys (12 May 1922 Amesbury-2011); Thomas Nicholas Pepys (1923 Amesbury-1955); another
Book Reference: Moyse, Debrett, EAHB 1905, North, EAHB 1906, DSO, Eton, EAHB 1907
War Service: Royal Artillery/ 4 KAR
School: Eton
General Information:
Debrett - entered RA 1900, became Capt. 1910, Major 1914, Brevet Lieut.-Col. 1916, Brevet Col. 1919, and Col. 1921; S. African War 1902, present at operations in Orange River and Cape Colonies (Queen's medal with 3 clasps), European War 1914-19 on Staff (despatches, DSO, Brevets Lieut.-Col. and Col., Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour, CMG, Order of Leopold of Belgium, Belgian Croix de Guerre); appointed Director of Artillery at War Office 1924, an ADC to H.M. 1926, and to command RA, 2nd Div. 1927.
DSO - He was employed with the KAR 3 Nov 1903 to 2 Nov 1908 ……….. He was 10 times mentioned in Despatches and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 18/2/15) ….. {more on his military career}
Moyse - 1904 - expedition in Central Province, Uganda.
EAHB 1905 - 4th KAR, Jinja, Uganda