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Reginald Berkeley Cole

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He led an irregular unit known as Cole's Scouts, formed of Somali soldiers and soldiers from the 2nd Battalion
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He was a charismatic figure amongst the early European settlers in Kenya and a close friend of
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On 18 September 1914, he was promoted to the temporary rank of captain while serving in the
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Anglo-Irish settler in Kenya and founder of the Muthaiga Club in Nairobi.
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officers from the Lancashires, and was disbanded in August 1915.
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Military Operations East Africa, August 1914 – September 1916
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on 19 October. After the war, along with his brother
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Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with two bars
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Index

Captain
The Honourable

9th Lancers
Legislative Council of Kenya
Cheshire
Kenya Colony
Alma mater
Eton College
Trinity College Cambridge
white settler
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with two bars
United Kingdom
British Army
Captain
9th Lancers
East African Mounted Rifles
Second Boer War
First World War
Captain
Anglo-Irish
white settler
Kenya
Muthaiga Club
Nairobi
Northwich
Viscount Cole
Royal Sussex Regiment
second lieutenant
Second Boer War

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