Bonham Carter family

A.T. Bonham-Carter was a soldier and barrister, eventually serving as a Justice of the bench of His Majesty's High Court of British East Africa, which was based in Mombasa.

Mr Justice Bonham-Carter was still a judge on the bench of this court when the First World War broke out in 1914.

He later resigned from the colonial bench in British East Africa and joined, as an officer, The 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, eventually being promoted to the rank of captain.

He was killed serving with this regiment on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and was later buried in Serre Road Military Cemetery No.

Captain Bonham-Carter's name appears on the war memorial at the Muthaiga Country Club in Nairobi.