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Name: FALLOON, William Marcus (Rev.)
Birth Date: 18.7.1872 Chester
Death Date: 22.12.1953 Gravesend
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1917
Profession: Chaplain to the Church of England European Community in Nairobi. Returned to England with his wife in 1917 and accepted a living in the West Country
Area: Bishopsbourne, Nairobi
Married: In Dover 5 Nov 1904 Violet Nora Bussey b. 17 Dec 1877 Dover, d. 18 Feb 1973 Dover- she arrived with him in EA 1904
Children: Monica (d. 1906 Nairobi); Shirley Waldron Hugh Wolseley (20.11.1909 Nairobi-1992)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Playne, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Nicholls, Medals, North, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Foster, mini-SITREP XXXIII, Red Book 1912, EASC, Barnes
War Service: WW1 in East Africa (1914-16) and France (1916-17)
School: Philberds House School, Bray, then Rossall, Queens' College, Cambridge MA
General Information:
SE - Church of England - Rev. Faloon - Sep 1907 and Rev Marcus Falloon - Sept 1910
HBEA - became Chaplain in Nairobi taking over from Rev. P.A. Bennett in 1905
Playne - Article on the Church in EA - Photo
Drumkey 1909 - Vice-President, Nairobi Literary and Debating Society
Gazette - 11/8/1915 - Appt. - Ecclesiastical Dept. - To be Garrison Chaplain, Nairobi
Nicholls - In 1904 he [Rev. P.A. Bennett] was succeeded by the Revd W. Marcus Falloon, nominated by the Colonial and Continental, who remained until 1916.
Medals - East African Chaplains Department - William Marcus Falloon, Captain
North - arr. Mombasa from Europe with wife 2-12-1904; Member of Masonic Lodge Harmony 1905
Nairobi South cemetery - Monica Falloon, died 1906, child of Rev W. Marcus Falloon
mini-SITREP XXXIII - Legion of Frontiersmen - 1912 - Chaplain
Red Book 1912 - W.M. Falloon - Nairobi
HBEA 1912 mentions him in charge of the Nairobi Coy. of Volunteers
EASC - After Cambridge he went out to Newfoundland, probably with the Colonial and Continental Church Society. Returned to England by 1896 and then spent 3 years in Dover. 1904 after marriage both travelled to East Africa. Member of Lodge Harmony from 1904.
Cambridge Univ. Alumni pens. at QUEENS', Michs. 1891. [S. of William Hugh. B. July 18, 1872, at Chester.] Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1907. Ord. deacon (Canterbury) 1896; priest, 1897; C. of Christ Church, Dover, 1896-9. C. of St Nath., Platt Bridge, Lancs., 1899. C. of St Saviour's, Tonbridge, 1899-1904. Chaplain at Nairobi, 1904-16. Served in the Great War, 1914-19, as Chaplain; mentioned in despatches. V. of St Paul's, Chatham, 1919-31. R. of Southfleet, 1931-41-. Brother of Cecil H. (1894). (Rossall Sch. Reg., which gives ‘b. July 8’; Crockford; Univ. War List.)
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