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Name: CARLETON, Montgomery Launcelot (Capt.)
Nee: 2nd son of General Henry Alexander Carleton
Birth Date: 4.6.1861 Murree, W. Bengal
Death Date: 18.8.1942 Bath
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1899
Profession: Uganda Mil. - On operations in Unyoro to clear Sudanese mutineers July/Aug 1898; end of Appt. 28/10/1899
Married: In London Oct 1908 Marguerite Helen Darell b. Wokingham 1875, d. 15 Oct 1945 Clevedon, Somerset
Children: Guy Montgomerie (1909-1955)
Book Reference: North, Web, Fox Davies
War Service: RA
General Information:
North - Temporarily in charge of Nile District, June 1899; Sent home by Lieut.-Col. Trevor Ternan for leaving Nile District without orders, July 1899; Dep. Mombasa for England 30-8-1899. 'A confirmed grumbler and never seems to be able to fall in with any instructions ….. I am extremely glad to get rid of him' (Ternan, FO 2)
Web - employed in Uganda Protectorate 9 January 1898 to 28 October 1899; served in Hazara Expeditions of 1888 and 1891, at Uganda 1898, commanded troops for sometime in Unyoro (mentioned in despatches, brevet of Major, medal)