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Name: ALLEN, Rowland William
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1875 Liverpool
Death Date: 27 July 1951 Isfryn, Wales
First Date: 1901
Last Date: lived in England by 1907
Profession: Quartermaster Sergeant. Applied to join UP Police 1901
Area: Entebbe
Married: In Fairfield, Lancs. 6 Oct 1907 Sarah Emily Unsworth b. 28 June 1878 Liverpool, d. 1942 Ulverston
Children: Maud Josephine (Ward) (1911-2000); Marienne Isabelle (Anderson) (1913-1958); Elizabeth Copplestone (1914-1989); Joan Hawksworth (Bleathman) (1914-1985); Marjorie E. A. (Taylor) (1916); Phyllis M. (Alsford) (1924)
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, EAHB 1906
War Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps; Boer War (wounded at Spion Kop)
General Information:
North - appt. Sgt. Uganda Police 15-9-1901; transferred from UP Police to HQ Uganda Military, Entebbe 1-1-1902; Colour Sgt., Acting QSM 24-4-1902; appt. QSM HQ Stores 3rd Battn. KAR July 1903; Military HQ Entebbe, Dec 1903 Promoted to substantive Colour Sgt. 15-5-1905 at Entebbe