| Green | Henry Edward Owen | | | Born at Queenstown, Cape Colony, Aug 1, 1860, and is son of the Reverend E P Green, MA Oxon. He was educated privately at the Hartley Institute, Southampton. For five years he was employed at the Standard Bank, and in the Cape Government Service for six and a half years; subsequently serving in the Transvaal Chamber of Mines and the Rhodesia Chamber of Mines for ten and three years respectively. He holds the Basuto War medal with two clasps for 1881; and on the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, he joined Thorneycroft's Mtd. Infantry. He received his commission in April, 1900, from the ranks; was present at the actions of Colenso, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek, and the operations in the Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Rhodesia (medal and six clasps). Mr Green is a JP for the Bulawayo District, Matabeleland, and is a Rand pioneer. He holds many golf prizes. He married, Jan 5, 1886, Annie, youngest daughter of Major Scott-Waring, of Crossbeck Hall, Durham. |
