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Name: WAINEWRIGHT, Arthur Reginald CMG, DSO, RHA (Brig.-General)

Nee: son of John Hertslet and Grace Marshall Wainewright, bro of Violet Mary

Birth Date: 16 Sep 1874 Beckenham, Kent

Death Date: 23 July 1970 Nairobi

First Date: 1921

Last Date: 1970

Profession: Farmer

Area: Limuru, 'Four Winds Farm' Thomson's Falls, 1925 Farm 993 Gilgil, Rumuruti

Married: Unmarried

Book Reference: Golf, Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, DSO, Who's Who, Barnes, SS

War Service: RHA

School: Rugby School and RMA Woolwich

General Information:

Gazette 5 Feb 1971 probate
Debrett - Col. and Hon. Brig.-Gen. (retired) RA; S. Africa 1899-1902 (despatches, Queen's medal with 2 clasps), European War 1914-19 in France and Belgium (despatches thrice, DSO, CMG, French Croix de Guerre, 1914 star, 2 medals)
Who's Who 1956 - Came to S. Africa 1905, Kenya 1921; Mil. Service SA War 1899-1900, Queen's Medal 2 clasps, Desp.; France 1914-18, Germany 1918-19, Mons, awarded 2 medals and French Croix de Guerre
Barnes - Limuru Cemetery - Arthur Reginald Wainewright, CMG, DSO, RHA, 1874 - 1970
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut.-Col. A.R. Wainewright, CMG, DSO, Naval and Military Club, 94 Piccadilly, W1 - Farm 858
Gazette 5/4/1938 - Honorary Game Warden
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer.
Hut - Soldier Settler, Hereford Cattle
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Brig.-General Arthur Reginald Wainewright, Farmer, Farm 993b PO Gilgil
Gazette - 5/8/1925 - Voters Register - Kenya - Delete - Brig.-Gen. Arthur Reginald Wainewright, Farmer, Farm 993b, PO Gilgil
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List with Violet Mary, spinster
Instrumental in founding Thomson's Falls Golf Club in 1935 and was its first President.
Gazette 5 Feb 1971 probate

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