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Name: BALL, Robert Wardrop 'Bobby'
Nee: son of Robert Edward Ball, bro of George Danford Ball
Birth Date: 5 Feb 1890 Cape Town
Death Date: 7 Aug 1970 Tarrant Keynston, Blandford Forum
First Date: 1911
Profession: Became a farmer and saw-miller at Burnt Forest, and joined the EAMR. He returned to farming after the war and lived in that area for many years.
Area: Burnt Forest, Eldoret, 1925 Burnt Forest Sawmills, 1930 Kipkabus, Hut - 1925 Maji Mzuri
Married: Ethel Maldwyn Vaughan b. 12 Aug 1890 Llanrhaiadr, Montgomeryshire, d. 7 June 1957 Eldoret
Children: John; Robin
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 31, EAMR, Red 22, Thurston, Leader14
War Service: EAMR in WW1 - C Sqdn 9/1/15 - To EASC
General Information:
Red 22 - R.W. Ball, Farm 40, Uasin Gishu
Thurston - Unofficial Records - Imperial War Museum, Dept. of Documents, Private Papers - Con Shelf - R.W. Ball, 1920, 1 Volume Memoir of a trooper in the EAMR during the EA campaign in WW1
Hut - Buret Sawmills, Started Keben Spa Hotel, Pencil factory sold to Riley. Went to Devon, UK.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll has Wardroper
Gazette 5 Mar 1971 probate
Nat Probate Calendar - Robert Wardroper [sic]