Argent Blundell Kirton

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915: born first quarter 1854; registered in Portsea Island, Hampshire, England.

Baptised 15 March at All Saints Parish Church of Portsea.

1861 England census - resident at Wymering, Hampshire, England.

1873 emigrated to South Africa/Southern Rhodesia; was a trader in Rhodesia and also had a farm at Farleigh, Transvaal (Ancestry family tree).

4 December 1893 - Killed in action at Shangani River, Matabeleland; a member of Major Allan Wilson's patrol. The remains of the Patrol members were interred at World's View in the Matopo Hills and are currently buried next to the bodies of Rhodes and Jameson.

Mrs Kirkham's first husband, Capt. Argent Kirton was killed with Allan Wilson's party at Shangani in 1893. (Rhodesia's Pioneer Women).

UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949; Name: Argent Blundell Kirton; Campaign or Service: Matabele Wars; Service Date: 1893-1897; Service Location: Africa; Regiment or Unit Name: Victoria Column.