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Name: HILL, Harold Percivale (Major)
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1888 South Stoneham, Hampshire
Death Date: 19 Feb 1955 Hoey's Bridge
First Date: 1905
Last Date: 1955
Profession: Farmer. Hoey's Bridge - 'El Lahre'
Area: Hoey's Bridge, flax failed, later as mixed farm, Kitale. 1922 Eldoret, 1925 Sirikwa Estate, Hoey's Bridge
Married: Helen Bertha Mary Colvin b. 3 Sep 1890 Darjeeling, d. 28 Mar 1960 Kitale. Dep. Vice-Pres. of the Trans Nzoia branch of the EAWL in 1926
Children: Elliot Ledger (1918 India-30 Nov 1943 Italy, on active service); Julian Ledger (14 Apr 1927 Kitale-28 Apr 1983 Canberra); Adrienne Helen (14 Oct 1921 Kenya)
Book Reference: Nicholson Memoirs, Red 25, Gillett, KFA, Seventy, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Legion, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Trans Nzoia Scrap Book, Barnes
War Service: 1st Hampshire Regt., TA, Major, 1911-38
General Information:
Red 22 has Major H.E. Hill, Eldoret AND H.P. Hill, Sirikwa, Eldoret
Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - EAWL Branch started in 1926 with Mrs Harold Hill as DVP
Kitale cemetery - Harold Percivale Hill - born 18 Sep 1888, died 19 Feb 1955 and Helen Mary Bertha 3 Sep 1890-28 Mar 1960
KFA - Present at 1922 meeting at Soy to discuss how best to form a co-operative society.
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Harold Percival Hill, Farmer Sirikwa Eldoret and Mrs Helen Bertha Mary Hill, Married Sirikwa Eldoret
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll has Percival
Red 25 has H.P. Hill, Hoey's Bridge.
Hut has Maj. H.E. Hill 1922 Eldoret
Lived at Hoey's Bridge and were great friends of George and Margaret Nicholson.
Ship broker in 1911 England census
Web: As a member of the part time Teritorial Army he volunteered for overseas service, expecting to go to France. 1/5 Battalion Hampshire Regiment. August 1914 :formed in Southampton. Part of Hampshire Brigade in Wessex Division. 9 October 1914 : sailed for India, landing Karachi 11 November 1914. Remained in India for the rest of the war. May 1919: joined 46th Mobile Indian Brigade at Kohat for service in Third Afghan War. Withdrawn in June. 8 November 1919: arrived Southampton. 1919 Capt. Hill promoted to Major, 1922 demobilised.
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