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Name: STRONG, Wilfred Edward 'Bill' (Major)

Birth Date: 1894 Stamford Hill, London

Death Date: 25 Apr 1976 Endebess

First Date: 1927

Profession: Farmer

Area: Elgon Downs, Endebess, Kitale

Married: 1. Gwen b. 1909 2. Ann b. 1909

Children: Peter Wilfred (1933)

Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Lander

War Service: Suffolk Regt.

General Information:

Lander - Endebess - "Ann Strong is one of those warm and friendly people whose nice disposition shows in her attractive face. Natural and charming, she is a first-class cook and an expert gardener, and when she changes from her working clothes she is always beautifully turned out. Bill, her husband, is a wise, solid man who has been many years in Kenya, and when I became a farmer his helpful advice often saw me over a difficult patch.
Their house was different from the Winters', but had the same essentials of that delightful mixture of hard work and comfortable living which seems to me to characterize Kenya. Their large, dark-panelled sitting-room with flowers as skilfully arranged as by Constance Spry herself, the shaded wall-brackets, the fine pictures, and dignified furniture made a room as charming and yet comfortable as one could ever wish for."
Gwen is wife in a passenger list in 1937 and Ann in one in 1953

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