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Name: SANDBACH, Hugh Handley (Capt.)
Nee: son of Samuel H. Sandbach of Cherry Hill, Malpas, Cheshire
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1878 Whitchurch, Shropshire
Death Date: 3 Nov 1914 killed in action Longido Hill, German East Africa
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Farmer
Area: Kedowa Estate
Book Reference: EAMR, CWGC, Gazette, Racing, Eton, Barnes
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - 5/8/14 - Officer Commanding; Capt. 5/8/14; Killed 3/11/14
School: Eton, Christ Church Oxford
General Information:
CWGC - Captain, EAMR, who died on Tuesday, 3rd November 1914. Age 36. Of Kedowa Estate Kenya. Commandant EAMR, Son of Samuel Henry and Elizabeth Sandbach, of Cherry Hill, Malpas, and Handley, Cheshire, England.
CWGC - Previously served 12 years with 1st Royal Dragoons. Served in the South African Campaign. Dar es Salaam Cemetery, Grave Ref: 8 E 5
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - Captain H. H. Sandbach to be Commandant, Volunteer Forces, East Africa Mounted Rifles, to date August 5th 1914
Racing - Owner of 'Kimwondo' - Winner of the Produce Stakes in 1913
Barnes - Muthaiga Club War Memorial - 3 Nov 1914 aged 36, Capt. EAMR, Dar es Salaam War Cemetery
Gazette - 2-12-1914 - Probate and Administration - Captain Hugh Handley Sandbach, late of Kedowa, Army Officer deceased who died at Longido on 3rd November 1914 - applied for by Gerald Philip Stevens of Nairobi