Background
He was educated at Dulwich College. Lafone fought in the Second Boer War in various regiments, was invalided in 1901 and ended as a lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry. He then stayed on in Africa working for the Colonial Office as an Assistant Resident in Northern Nigeria. Recurrent attacks of fever forced him back to England where he worked and kept up his connections with the Army.
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