Skip to content ↓

View entry

Back to search results

Name: ALLEN, Rowland William

Birth Date: 11 Apr 1875 Liverpool

Death Date: 27 July 1951 Isfryn, Wales

First Date: 1901

Last Date: lived in England by 1907

Profession: Quartermaster Sergeant. Applied to join UP Police 1901

Area: Entebbe

Married: In Fairfield, Lancs. 6 Oct 1907 Sarah Emily Unsworth b. 28 June 1878 Liverpool, d. 1942 Ulverston

Children: Maud Josephine (Ward) (1911-2000); Marienne Isabelle (Anderson) (1913-1958); Elizabeth Copplestone (1914-1989); Joan Hawksworth (Bleathman) (1914-1985); Marjorie E. A. (Taylor) (1916); Phyllis M. (Alsford) (1924)

Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, EAHB 1906

War Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps; Boer War (wounded at Spion Kop)

General Information:

North - appt. Sgt. Uganda Police 15-9-1901; transferred from UP Police to HQ Uganda Military, Entebbe 1-1-1902; Colour Sgt., Acting QSM 24-4-1902; appt. QSM HQ Stores 3rd Battn. KAR July 1903; Military HQ Entebbe, Dec 1903 Promoted to substantive Colour Sgt. 15-5-1905 at Entebbe

Back to search results