Heres a fascinating site ..... thought I'd try and find some of these soldiers noted here ... I've only found one so far .... but I need a bit more time to look properly ..... but I wonder what Lt S Randall was doing here ? HISTORICAL NOTES AND MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS FROM GHANA Compiled 1988 - 1990 by M.E.J.Crew http://www.archimedes.free-online.co.uk/ghana.htm In Memory of Lieutenant S RANDALL D C M, M M, Mentioned in Despatches The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) attd., Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F. who died on 31 December 1918 Remembered with honour CHRISTIANSBORG CIVIL CEMETERY Died in the Colony (after serving overseas) - Lieut.S.RANDALL DCM MM, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), d. 31 Dec 1918
Heres another ... what were they doing there I wonder ? In Memory of Lieutenant GEORGE MASTERMAN THOMPSON 1st Bn., Royal Scots and, Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F. who died age 24 on 22 August 1914 Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of Col. George William Thompson, (Commanding Royal Scots), and Mrs G. W. Thompson, of Beechwood, Burley, Hants. The First British Officer killed in action in the war. A Special French Army Order was published on 20th October commending his gallantry and the fine example he gave to the French soldiers temporarily under his command. Remembered with honour WAHALA CEMETERY
I found this .... This brass uniface memorial plaque was presented by the British government after the end of the First World War to the family of Lieutenant George Masterman Thompson of The Royal Scots. Thompson was the first British army officer to be killed in the war. Such plaques were given to the next of kin of all those who lost their lives during the First World War. In all, some 750,000 were struck. The Royal Scots - Items of uniform worn by Lieutenant G.W. Thompson George Thompson was serving with the Gold Coast Regiment in West Africa. He was killed in the Togoland campaign on 22 August 1914, 18 days after Britain declared war on Germany and the same day that British troops in France first came into contact with the enemy. http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-180-000-416-C And I found this too ....... ! http://www.british-colonial-africa-...DFS/10_LIEUT_COLONEL_BRYANT_8_Single_20_3.pdf
In Memory of Lieutenant JOHN VINCENT EARLE Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) attd., Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F. who died on 20 June 1915 Remembered with honour KUMASI MEMORIAL
