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Name: BOURDILLON, Francis Henry (Capt.)

Birth Date: 22 May 1896 Madras, Travancore, India

Death Date: 1980 Zimbabwe

First Date: 1925

Profession: ex-Indian Army; farmer

Area: Kegio, Thika

Married: In Ealing 21 Apr 1921 Dorothy Gladys Mallet b. 31 Dec 1888 Plymouth, d. 1974 Kitale

Children: Stephanie; Jean Mary (Lock) (17 Dec 1929 Kenya-16 Jan 2002 Worthing)

Book Reference: Red 25, Hut, Web DNW

General Information:

Web DNW - As a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, he was granted a commission on 14 July 1915 on the Unattached List for the Indian Army. On 28 October 1915 he was attached to the 36th Sikhs. He retired with the rank of Captain on 20 Nov 1922. Bourdillon then took up farming in Kenya, serving in the Territorial Reserve there. For his services he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Kenya). ………….  He died in 1981
Hut has Capt. Frank H. Bourdillon, 1930 Kowloon Elgon with Miss Jean (later Mrs Lock) and Miss Stephanie Bourdillon
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List

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