Wife buried in Eng cem. Ziwani, Zanzibar

SE - Dr Heard - Jan 1908

KFA - 1910 - The Government leased a "medical farm" beyond Soy to Dr. Heard, on condition that he practised among the surrounding farmers. This he did to such purpose that his name became a byword for devotion among his patients, and it was said that no call was ever made upon him in vain. His practice ran from Mount Elgon to Londiani, a distance of about 120 miles as the crow flies and a great deal more as the mule trots; and for him flooded rivers, marauding lions, all-night rides, heat, rain, chills and malaria were all in a day's work. He and his wife both died of Spanish flu in 1919, on his way home on his first leave for many years. His career is commemorated by a plaque in the Eldoret hospital, and by the name of a drift.

Eldoret - was one of the most famous characters of the early days. He was the only local doctor. He did a tremendous amount of work and had a wonderful reputation that no call was ever made on him to which he did not respond. His only means of transport was a mule and he must have hacked many hundreds, even thousands, of miles to attend to the sick, at such a sacrifice that it was said he "died in his boots". His salary as District Surgeon was £150 a year in 1912. There is a plaque in his memory at the Uasin Gishu Memorial Hospital. His son, Rory, continued to farm in the district for many years afterwards, just beyond a railway siding which is today called Heard's siding on the Eldoret/Kitale line. .................. A.C. Hoey says - "One of our greatest difficulties was medical assistance, and it was with great joy that we welcomed a doctor by the name of Heard who had taken up a farm and started a medical practice. No words could ever pay high enough tribute to the wonderful qualities he displayed." .............. The sanitary service consisted of a refuse cart, which the DC felt "held the germs of great development" ... It was Dr Heard who campaigned for steps to be taken to reduce the pollution of the Sosiani, from which residents drew their water.

Drumkey 1909 - Medical Practitioner, Victoria St., Nairobi

Land - 1907 - W.H. Heard - Building, 3750 sq.ft., Nairobi, 9-1-05, Registered 15-4-07

Land - 1907 - W.H. Heard - Building, 4.4 acres, Parklands, 9-1-05, Registered 10-6-07

Land - 1910 - W.H. Heard - Grazing and agricultural, 2905 acres (Farm No 158) - Uasin Gishu - 21/1/09 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/8/10 - Registered 30/9/10

Advertiser - 19/6/1908 - Dr. Heard in Victoria St., burgled

Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - To be Captain, East Africa Medical Service - Dr. W.H. Heard

Red Book 1912 - W.H. Heard - Uasin Gishu

Red Book 1912 - Registered Medical Practitioner

Gazette 10/3/1920 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of William Haughton Heard late of Farm No 820, Uasin Gishu who died at Delagoa Bay on 17/11/1918 [wrong year]. Applied for by Robert Leycester of Uasin Gishu.

Baby twins buried in Nairobi South cemetery born and died 1 July 1912 may have been his.