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Name: TOSETTI, Gilbert
Nee: bro of Douglas, son of Maximilian Edward Oscar Tosetti
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1879 Bromley, Kent
Death Date: 16 Apr 1923 Eldoret, ulcerative colitis and pyalmic abcesses of liver
First Date: 1919
Last Date: 1923
Profession: Farmer, cricketer
Area: P.O. Kitale, 1919 Farm 181
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Barnes
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - E Sqdn. 11/5/15 - 14/9/15
General Information:
Red 22 - G. Tossetti, Hoey's Bridge
Red 25 has G. Tossetti, Hoey's Bridge,
Hut the same
Gazette - 30/5/1923 - Probate and Administration - Gilbert Tosetti, late of Eldoret, who died at Eldoret on 16 April 1923
Wikipedia - Gilbert Tosetti (1/8/1879- 16/4/1923) was an English cricketer. Tosetti was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bromley, Kent. Tosetti made his first-class debut for Essex against Oxford University in 1898. He played first-class cricket for Essex from 1898 to 1905, making 41 appearances, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the 1905 County Championship. In his 41 first-class appearances Tosetti scored 1054 runs at an average of 18.49 with a high score of 132 not out. .….….….
His brother, the Military Cross recipient Major Douglas Tosetti, was killed in action in 1918 during WW1. Tosetti died at Eldoret in Kenya on 16 April 1923
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Gilbert Tossetti, Farmer Soy
Barnes Eldoret cem in loving memory / of / Gilbert Tosetti / who passed away / 17th April 1923 / aged 43 years
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death