Muthaiga Club War Memorial

BONHAM-CARTER-Arthur Thomas

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  • Last Name: BONHAM-CARTER
  • Given Name: Arthur Thomas
  • Birth: 24 May 1869
  • Death: 1 Jul 1916
  • AGED: YR: 47, MO: 1, DA: 7

  • Custom1: Captain
  • Custom2: Hampshire Regiment
  • Custom3: Serre Road Cemetery No2, Somme, France
  • Custom4: XVI.D.13
  • Inscriptions:to the glory of God / and / in memory of / Arthur Thomas Bonham-Carter / B.A. Cambridge. B.L. Inner Temple / born 24th May 1869 / served through the Boer War 1899-1901 / a Magistrate in the Transvaal 1902 / Town Magistrate Mombasa 1905 / a Judge of H.M.High Court of East Africa / from 1906-1915 / in which year he volunteered for service / with the Forces of the Crown in Europe / being appointed Captain in the / Hampshire Regiment / Killed in Action in France / on 1st July 1916 / aged 47 / generous and courageous in private as in public life / his early death was a loss no less to the Empire / than to his many friends / "who dies if England lives?" / this tribute to his memory / from his colleagues and friends in East Africa
  • Cemetery: Muthaiga Club War Memorial
  • Notes: Plaque in Mombasa Cathedral

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