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Name: WILKINSON, Percy Alan MC (Capt.)
Birth Date: 1891 ?Barton, Lancs. ?25 Oct
First Date: 1922
Profession: Storekeeper; farmer
Area: P.O. Kitale, 1925 Farm 2187, Trans Nzoia, Hoey's Bridge, 1930 Kitale, 1922 Pembeni Farm Hoey's Bridge
Married: Violette May Pitman b. 16 Aug 1891, d. 1976 Dunstable
Children: dau. (24 July 1934 Swindon)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, SS, Macmillan, Nicholson Memoirs
General Information:
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. P.A. Wilkinson, MC, c/o Standard Bank of South Africa, Nairobi - Farm 183
Macmillan 1930 - The Kitale Stores Ltd. - General Merchants - The business was established in 1919 under the title of Hoey's Bridge Stores. In 1919 it was amalgamated with the Kitale Supply and Auctioneering Co. Ltd. And its present title was then assumed. It was started in small premises in Bahati Township. ……… The managing director is Major F.C. Jack, DSO, MC and the manager is Mr P.A. Wilkinson.
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Capt. Percy Alan Wilkinson MC, Farmer PO Hoey's Bridge
Farmer at 'Pembeni' farm on Trans Nzoia - the bridge across the Nzoia was known as Wilkie's bridge