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Name: VEREKER, Leopold George Prendergast (Lieut. RNR) {
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1881 East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Death Date: 16 Dec 1937 Thanet, Kent
First Date: 1912
Profession: Chief Officer, Railway Marine
Area: Kisumu
Married: In Woking 18 Sep 1915 Helen Marjorie Campbell b. 1892 Burton on Trent, d. 11 Mar 1958 Auckland, New Zealand
Children: Colin Leopold Prendergast 'Kim' (Viscount Gort, b. 21 June 1916 Thanet, d. 5 Apr 1995); Eileen Ivy (9 Mar 1920-24 Aug 1982 Bournemouth)
Book Reference: HBEA, Cuckoo, Hut, Gazette, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Web, Red 19
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kisumu - Uganda Marine, Kisumu
Colonial 1912 - Lake Steamers - Chief Officer
Red Book 1912 - L.G.P. Vereder [sic] - Kisumu
Web - Royal Naval Museum - LGP Vereker, Commander RNR: diary kept while serving in HMS Empress of Britain and HMS Ebro 1914-19 (2003/42)
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Leopold George Prendergot [sic] Vereker - Government Official - Kisumu and Mrs Helen Marjorie Vereker - Married - Kisumu
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Lake Steamer Chief Officer
Cuckoo has A.R. Vereker - story re smallpox on ship and quarantine on island in Lake Victoria.