Thanks Leutha. My first time hearing of him though.
We'll work on it. Rex, I've AutoEd it :-) - Enock On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing. > > Interesting read there. Unfortunately, no details of where he was born or > the name of the family was given. It would have been possible to go to the > village in which he came from or something or that sort to gather more > details about him. > > Will look around to see if we can get clues as to where he actually came > from in Ghana. > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:02 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Looking at the Wikipedia page for Alhaji Grunshi >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhaji_Grunshi> I was wondering whether >> there are any sources giving more biographical information about the man >> himself. >> >> As he was the first soldier in British service to fire a shot in the >> First World War on 7 August 1914, the page might attract some attention on >> the 100th anniversary. >> >> Also the anniversary might yeild some more sources of information about >> him. >> >> all the best >> >> Fabian >> User:Leutha >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> > > > -- > +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center > <http://africacenter.net> | WiR > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica > <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >
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