ROLLAND, George Murray
Captain. 1st Bombay Grenadiers. Indian Army.*
London Gazetted on 7th August 1903.
Born on the 12th May 1869 at Wellington, India.
Died, from the effects of a fall, on 9th July 1910 at Nagpur, India.
Memorial on grave at Takli Cemetery, Nagpur, India, and St Stephen's Church, South Kensington, London.
Digest of Citation reads:
On 22nd April 1903, returning after the action at Daratoleh, the rearguard was considerably to the rear of the main column, owing to the thick bush and the fact that they had to hold their ground whilst the wounded were placed onto the camels. Captain Bruce was shot and was unable to move. Captain's Walker and Rolland, along with two men of the King's African Rifles, one Sikh and one Somali, were with him when he fell. Captain Rolland ran back 500 yards to get assistance, the others remaining with Captain Bruce, keeping the enemy, who were situated around them, in the bushes, successfully at bay. The wounded captain was hit again and the Sikh wounded. Had it not been for these officers and men, Captain Bruce would have fallen into enemy hands.
* Whilst acting as Intelligence Officer to the Berbera Bohottle Flying Column.
Additional information: Major Rolland was the son of Major Patrick Murray Rowland and his wife Albinia, (née Crofton). His mother was a successful novelist. Educated at Harrow and the Army College at Sandhurst, he joind the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1889 as a Second Lieutenant. Two Years later he was promoted to Lieutenant then to Captain in November 1900.