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Name: McCOMBIE, Leopold Henry Donald 'Harry'

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Photo Source: Richard Reeder

Birth Date: 17 Jan 1881 Monkstown, Dublin

Death Date: 3 July 1915 Kabarole, Uganda, on active service

First Date: 1906

Profession: Inspector of Police, Nairobi, under Foran

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Limerick 21 Dec 1911 Mary Jane 'May' Monypenny b. 17 Oct 1874 Belfast, d. 28 Apr 1955 Glasgow

Children: Marguerite Gordon (27 May 1913 Willesden-15 Mar 1993 Crosby, Lancs.)

Book Reference: Cuckoo, UJ, EAHB 1907, North

War Service: Boer War;

General Information:

Uganda Journal Vol 20, (1956), 108 - ……. Nearly half the Nubi company was unfit so 50 police under McCombie were substituted. Note - L.H.D. McCombie, Administrative Service; in Uganda 1906-15. Killed on active service at Dwagandu, Kagera Military District, 3 July 1915, while on duty as Assistant Intelligence Officer.
EAHB 1907 - Inspector - Police EAHB 1907 - Kiambu
Took Indian Police Force exam 1900. In Feb 1902 lived in Bothaville, S. Africa.
Buried in Kabarole Mission Cem. Bushenyi, Uganda
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death
CWGC
Ancestry Family Tree: 
23 Feb 1902 • Bothaville, Free State, South Africa Boer War Records Name: L H McCombie Casualty Type: Prisoner Rank: Corporal Force: South Africa Field Force Regiment: South African Constabulary Battalion: A Division Number: 631 Remarks: Released
1914-1920 British Army Intelligence Corps former service with the Cameron Highlander He was later inspector, superintendent and asst commissioner of police in British East Africa (Kenya/Uganda) Then joined Uganda Volunteer force in 1914
3 Jul 1915 • Uganda Lieutenant Intelligence Corps. KIA on the 03/07/1915 aged 34. He was the son of Thomas and Louisa McCombie, of Laurel Bank, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Intelligence Corps former service with the Cameron Highlanders. Buried Commemorated Kabarole M
 

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