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Name: BESANT, Walter Hervey (Capt.)
Birth Date: 9 Mar 1861 Congleton, Cheshire
Death Date: 7 May 1949 Norwich
First Date: 1893
Last Date: 1893
Profession: Member of Col. H.E. Colvile Uganda party
Married: In Steyning 1899 Maria Gertrude Percy b. 26 Feb 1866 Galway, d. 1948 North Walsham (prev. m. George John Barry d. 12 Nov 1897)
Children: Frances Gertrude (1890 Brighton)
Book Reference: North
War Service: Norfolk Regt.
General Information:
North dep. England for EA 11-8-1893; taken ill with 'sun fever' (FO403) 20-9-1893; moved to Kibwezi mission 26-9-1893; dep. Zanzibar for England, ill 24-12-1893; end of appt. 9-2-1894
1939 England and Wales Register living in North Walsham with wife, as 'Lieutenant-Colonel retired'.