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Name: MOLONY, Clement Arthur (Capt.)
Nee: son of Rev Charles Walker Molony
Birth Date: 14.9.1867 Gloucester
Death Date: 24.2.1898 Kabagambi, after being wounded in skirmish the previous day
Nationality: British
First Date: 1896
Last Date: 1898
Profession: Appt. Mil. Officer, UP 16/12/1896; Machakos March 1897, injured by lion; arr. Ravine 26/5/1897; dep. Nandi Station for Kampala 24/6/1897; Jinja Oct 1897; Luba's during Sudanese mutiny Nov 1897; sent to Buddu March 1898; d. 24/2/1898 wounded previous day
Area: Uganda
Book Reference: North, UJ
War Service: RA
General Information:
Uganda Journal - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Further Memories of Uganda by Sir Albert Cook - …… Captain Molony whose death I mentioned as occurring in 1898 while helping to put down the Soudanese Mutiny, ……that gallant young officer who was shot at close quarters while leading a charge of his men against the rebel stronghold at Kabagambi. ….. Captain Molony was both a patient of mine, when suffering from severe lion wounds, and a warm personal friend.