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Name: KIRTON, Walter (Capt.)
Nee: nephew of Major Walter Kirton, bro of Lionel Argent Kirton
Birth Date: 8 Mar 1892 Keston, Bromley, Kent
Death Date: 22 Dec 1941 Addis Ababa, meningitis when on active service
First Date: 1920
Last Date: 1941
Profession: Coffee planter with uncle; KAR
Area: Kahuguni, Ruiru
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Ruiru, Wed, Gazette
War Service: London Regt. in WW!; RAOC in WW2
General Information:
Wed - witness at the wedding of G.L.M. Borwick and S.A. Lagos - 1934 - Walter Kirton
Gazette - 10/8/1921 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu Area - Walter Kirton (Junior) - Settler, Kahuguni - Ruiru
In Addis Ababa War Cemetery.
1920 • Kenya. Served as Captain, Special List, Kings African Rifles, stationed at Ruiru. Later served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Ethiopia where he died in 1941. Took up residence at Uncle Major Walter Kirton's Kahuguny coffee plantation while continuing with his military career. Died of cerebro-spinal meningitis whilst serving with British forces defending Ethiopia against attacks by German and Italian forces. Buried at Addis Ababa War Cemetery, Grave 2 A 8. Inscription on the stone: A LONGER LIFE COULD NOT HAVE HAD A NOBLER END.
1920 • Kenya. Served as Captain, Special List, Kings African Rifles, stationed at Ruiru. Later served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Ethiopia where he died in 1941. Took up residence at Uncle Major Walter Kirton's Kahuguny coffee plantation while continuing with his military career. Died of cerebro-spinal meningitis whilst serving with British forces defending Ethiopia against attacks by German and Italian forces. Buried at Addis Ababa War Cemetery, Grave 2 A 8. Inscription on the stone: A LONGER LIFE COULD NOT HAVE HAD A NOBLER END.