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Name: STRONG, Alfred William (Armourer Quartermaster Sergeant)
Birth Date: 1870 Newbridge, County Clare, Ireland
Death Date: 13 May 1925 Lancashire
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1900
Profession: Uganda Mil.; Appt. Armourer Sgt. Uganda Rifles; On Uganda Staff List 1898-1901; Nandi Sept., Dec 1898; dep. Mombasa for SA 18/3/1900
Married: In Holborn, London 11 Feb 1911 Annie Rooks née Wilkins b. 1870 Andover (prev. m. to Lewis Charles Rooks)
Children: step-children: Beatrice Annie Rooks (28 Jan 1898); Olive Margaret Rooks (6 Aug 1900); Ethel Florence Rooks (5 Mar 1902)
Book Reference: North, Web
War Service: Gloucestershire Regt./ Uganda Rifles
General Information:
Web DNW - attested for the Corps of Armourers in Jan 1891, after serving apprenticeship in London as a gunsmith. He served for several years in India before he was posted for service with the Uganda Rifles, taking part in operations in Uganda and Somaliland in 1898-99 (medal). He was briefly posted for duty with the 2nd Dragoon Guards in July 1900 before being posted for duty with the Ashanti Field Force ………. [more on his military career in India, Hong Kong and France in WW1] A very rare group of six to Armourer Sergeant A. W. Strong, Army Ordnance Corps EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA 1897-99, no clasp (731 Armr. Serjt., A.O.C.) officially engraved naming; ASHANTI 1900, no clasp (Armr.-Serjt., A.O.C.) high relief bust; 1914-15 STAR (Armr. Q.M. Sjt., A.O.C.); BRITISH WAR and VICTORY MEDALS (A-1357 W.O. Cl. 1, A.O.C.); LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT, E. VII. R. (731 Ar. Q.M.Sjt., A.O.C.), mounted court style for display, light contact marks on first two, otherwise nearly extremely fine(6)