Service Details
Name:
 CARDEN
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
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Regiment:
 Wiltshire Regiment
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Unit:
 5th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-08-10
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Date of Birth:
 1870-05-13
Age:
 45
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Chunuk Bair
Decorations:
 C M G, Mentioned in Despatches
Additional
Information:
Son of Capt. Charles Wilson Carden (late 36th Regt.), and Mrs. Jane Bolton Carden, of Brixworth, Northampton; husband of Susan Carden. Was with the Pioneer Column for Mashonaland in 1890. Fought in the First Matabele War in 1893, as galloper and scout. Adjutant of the Bulawayo Field Force in Matabele Rebellion in 1896. Commandant of the Police depot at Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1898. Established Police post North of the Zambesi in 1899. Fought in the Boer War between 1901 and 1902. Commandant of the North Rhodesian Police in 1906. Administrator of Northern Rhodesia between 1907 and 1910. Invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1910. Commandant of Police Forces, North-East and North-West Rhodesia in 1911. Retired from the military in 1912, with the rank of Colonel, late of the British South Africa Police.
Commemoration
Country:
 Turkey
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Cemetery:
 HELLES MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Addenda Panel

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