| Name |
Frank DAWSON-SMITH |
| Rank/Number |
Lieutenant |
| Regiment |
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry K African Rifles attd 5th |
| Enlisted |
|
| Age/Date of death |
33 11 Jan 1920 |
| How died/Theatre of war |
Murdered |
| Last known address |
|
| Cemetery |
Wajir Cemetery, Kenya |
| Grave or Memorial Reference |
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| Location of memorial |
Nash All Saints |
| Date/Place of birth |
c1887 New Brampton, Derbs |
| Date/Place of baptism |
16 Jan 1887 Brampton |
| Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
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| Parents |
Charles Clare & Catherine Maud Dawson-Smith |
| Parent's occupation |
Clerk in Holy Orders |
| Parents' Address (last known) |
The Rectory, Nash |
| Wife |
Lavinia Dawson-Smith |
| Wife's Address (last known) |
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| Notes |
murdered by Somali mutineers, re-interred Wajir Fort Jun 1929. formerly with Yorks and Lancs Regiment. Later commissioned in OBLI. In sole charge of troops in Abyssinian frontier. Plaque also in All Saints Church, Nairobi |