William Henry Arthur Molyneux Natal Mounted Police

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Burton Observer and Chronicle - Saturday 23 February 1918

Subject: William Henry Arthur Molyneux NMP Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:33 am

The only Molyneux I found in the NMP was in Forsyth but no initial(s) entitled to the medal with 1879 Clasp , didn't see a Molyneux listed in Dutton , In ' For God , Queen & Colony ' by Terry Sole he's listed as William .H.A. From Burton-on-Trent ; Attested 4/6/79
Discharged 3/2/80 . Molyneux was also a member of the Escort provided for Lord Wolseley .
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It was his presence in the Wolseley escort that earned him the 1879 clasp.

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Natal Witness Friday 24th June 1881
Marraige - Lieut and Adjutant Molyneux late of Baker's Horse and now of the Cape Mounted Rifles was married yesterday morning to Miss Jones of Pietermaritzburg

Natal Witness 28th June 1881
On the 23rd inst at Bishopstowe by special licence by the Lord Bishop of Natal, William Henry Arthur, Captain Cape Colonial Forces, edest son of William Molyneux esq F G ? R A of Branston Lodge, Burton Upon Trent England, to marry Mary Emily second daughter of the Rev John Jones, The Rock (?), Perrybont, Radnorshire, Wales

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