Hi, I get the impression he was recruited into the Gold Coast Constabulary, renamed the Gold Coast Regimen <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Regiment> t in 1901.
He was clearly a Muslim who had been to Mecca <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/alhaji> . Check Keta <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keta> , about the Hausa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people> Constabulary based there. He may have originated in Nigeria? Interesting that the first person to fire a shot for the British in the First World War was a Muslim! Could make a good DYK? all the best Fabian User:Leutha > On 26 June 2014 at 14:29 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[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] > > <mailto:[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> >
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