Background
HOLMDEN, Frank Alfred Amphlett was born on April 9, 1861. Son of Frank Holmden, Marlpit House, Edenbridge, Kent.
HOLMDEN, Frank Alfred Amphlett was born on April 9, 1861. Son of Frank Holmden, Marlpit House, Edenbridge, Kent.
Studied at Edinburgh University. The Middle Temple, London. Jesus College, Cambridge.
Bachelor of Medicine, 1889. Major, Colonial Office Forces.
Served with Mounted Infantry (Bechuanaland Border Police), Matabele War, 1893 (medal), and with the Bechuanaland Protectorate Troops, 1st Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and 3rd Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers in South African War, 1899-1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps, King’s medal with two clasps, despatches twice, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, including Siege of Mafeking). Now serving in the British North Borneo Protectorate. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1900; Colonial Office Forces.
Clubs: Junior Naval and Military, New Oxford and Cambridge.
Hunting, polo, big-game shooting.
Spouse 1906, Elsie Mary daughter of R. A. Foster of Tutshill House, Tidenham, Co. Gloucester, and 15 Hanover Square, W.: one s.
Major.