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Name: MULCAHY-MORGAN, Thomas Westropp 'Tom' (Wing Commander)

Birth Date: 9 Dec 1890 Clondalkin, Dublin

Death Date: 5 July 1960 Kitale

First Date: 1937

Last Date: 1960

Profession: Planter

Area: Perardua Estate, Kitale

Married: In Knightsbridge 6 Mar 1919 b. 11 Oct 1896 Trumpington, d. 1980 Oxford

Children: Honor Patricia (27 May 1920 Blything-20 June 2008 Oxford); Peter (5 Nov 1921 Eton-14 Aug 1984 Northwood); Jane Gezeira (24 Oct 1926 Cairo-Oct 2021) (Barnley)

Book Reference: Hut, SS, Barnes

War Service: Royal Flying Corps

General Information:

Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major T.W. Mulcahy-Morgan, RAF, MC, Roebuck Hill, Dundrum, Co. Dublin, Ireland - Farm 158 ??
Barnes - Kitale Cemetery - Thomas Westropp Mulcahy-Morgan - born 1890, died 5 Jul 1960
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List 
Richard Wheeler: Captain T W Mulcahy-Morgan of No 6 Sqn RFC was flying BE 2c 1680 on a Special Mission, ie delivering a spy, when he crashed into a tree near Oygem/Ooigem at 0515 on 13 September 1915. The landing ground chosen to drop off the agent was near a wood, so as to allow the agent to hide soon after delivery, but it appears to have been too small, hence the accident. German troops arrived soon after the aeroplane was disabled, but after friendly local civilians had removed incriminating papers and carrier pigeons Capt Mulcahy-Morgan and his passenger were taken Prisoner of War; the fate of the intending spy isn't mentioned in The War in the Air, but the ilot escaped to the United Kingdom on 9 April 1917. (The passenger, a Belgian Intelligence Agent (a certain Vanderleene), didn't survive the crash (or was shot afterwards by german infantry, which was not so uncommon with "spies"). The plane was later transported to Izegem.) Intelligence agents during the Great War used to send messages in a number of ways, including carrier pigeons, codes in letters, invisible ink, codes hidden in newspapers sent to neutral countries, using couriers who memorised messages, etc. Captain Thomas Westropp Mulcahy-Morgan RFC (formerly Royal Irish Fusiliers) was awarded the Military Cross, Gazetted on 8 August 1917. He received a permanent commission as a Major (Squadron Leader) in the Royal Air Force on 1 August 1919 and received a Bar to his MC, Gazetted on 16 December 1919, for his action in escaping from captivity.
 

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