Category: Murrays Column, British South Africa Police

Categories: British South Africa Police, Rhodesia

The BSA Police was involved in two actions in Africa during the course of the Great War (WWI), in German West Africa and in Tanganyika (also sometimes referred to as German East Africa). The force was was a volunteer service established by the BSAP for deployment to the north eastern border of Northern Rhodesia. This became known as Murray's Column, which comprised two infantry companies of some 125 men. A little later a Transport Section was introduced. The Column was to become the force which fought against the Germans in Tanganyika, with Gen. Smuts' British and South African forces, being deployed mostly along its frontier with Nyasaland and eventually in Tanganyika itself.

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Walter Allam 1889 Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1917

Augustus Anderson 1891 Newcastle, Natal, South Africa - 19 Mar 1917

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Edward Baines abt 1866 - 25 Sep 1916

Walter Baxendale 1870 - 23 Oct 1916

Arthur Bradbury 1892 Lambeth, London, England - 30 Oct 1916

John Bullock abt 1893 - 29 Jan 1916

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James Christopher 1892 Easington, Durham, England, United Kingdom - 25 Dec 1915

William Coulthard abt 1894 - 08 Dec 1916

Melville Cummings bef 1895 Cape Colony - 09 Dec 1915

James Curran 1888 Co Mayo, Ireland - 30 Oct 1916

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Merlin Davies 1886 Cape Colony - 16 May 1917

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Victor Francis - 30 Nov 1916

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Daniel Gould 1892 - 03 Dec 1918

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Felix Hampson 1893 King Williams Town, Cape Province, South Africa - 30 Oct 1916

Charles Hick 27 May 1899 Soutrivier, Cape Colony - 29 Dec 1918

Ralph Hill 1892 Palmers Green, London, England - 19 Feb 1917

Francis Hoal 1890 - 28 May 1916

Thomas Hughes 1882 Annestown, Tramore, Co. Waterford, Ireland - 09 Nov 1916

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Walter Jones abt 02 Nov 1890 Bengal, India - 18 Jan 1916

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Harold Kemp 26 Oct 1885 Tottenham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 28 May 1916

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Francis Leslie 1894 Falkirk, Scotland - 20 Aug 1917

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William Oliver - 15 Oct 1916

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Reginald Parrott abt Oct 1891 Clapham, London, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jan 1917

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Philip Roelke abt 1896 Islington, London, England, United Kingdom - 30 Aug 1917

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Edwin Selfe abt 1878 Essex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 1915

Gerald Selfe abt 1872 Faringdon, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Nov 1916

John Short 1895 Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom - 28 May 1916

Hector Simpson 1888 England - 29 Jan 1917

James Sinclair abt 1896 - 25 Feb 1916

Hugh Steele abt 1890 - 28 May 1916

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Henry Tarbutt 1891 Wanstead, Essex, England - 09 Aug 1917

Alder Tribe 1883 Kensington, London, England - 17 Nov 1917

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William Williams 1887 - 13 Dec 1916

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