Rowan Cashel,
India:
Before 1899 he was Army
officer in the British Army in India.
South Africa:
He
served in the BSAP
(British South Africa Police) 1899 to 1906.
This is
according to a silver tray presented to him on his
relinquishing the adjutancy, with dates inscribed.
He was a Major.
Though other sources say he
retired as Colonel.
(higher rank).
Note in WWI (below) he is a Major.
Rhodesia:
He
emigrated to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Cashel
and Cashel Valley
in Rhodesia
are named after him.
See
[Sinclair, 1971].
Introduction
of [Sinclair, 1971]
says that
"Major and Mrs. Cashel"
were "later" the owners of Thaba Nchu (or Thabanchu)
in the Cashel Valley.
Ch.8
of [Sinclair, 1971]
says "Mrs. Cashel" was at Thaba Nchu around 1910.
Rowan served in
WW1
in the Rhodesian Regiment
of the 1st South African Brigade.
He had rank of Major.
He would have been 49 when war broke out in 1914.
Records describe
next of kin as his wife, "Mrs Alys Marion Cashel".
Address as at 12 Feb 1915
was Thaba Nchu, Umtali, Rhodesia,
according to
South African Defence Force
Documentation Service.
Ch.11
of [Sinclair, 1971]
says
"Mrs. Cashel" was at Thaba Nchu apparently in 1923.
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