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Name: WHITTET, Percy Henry Roy MC (Capt.)
Birth Date: 1888 Richmond, Surrey, bapt. 27 Mar
Death Date: 1 July 1970 Mombasa
First Date: 1912
Profession: Farmer. Nearest neighbour to Josceline and Nellie Grant at Thika, 'Bwana Kichanga' (Kichanga means bracelet) as he wore a gold bangle on his wrist. Later bought a 280 acre farm at Nyeri from 'Pip' Beverley
Area: Thika, Nyeri, 1925 Chania Bridge, 1930 Game Dept., Meru, 1922 Githumbuini Thika
Married: Alice Lucy b. 1907
Book Reference: Nellie, Bee Morkel, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Gazette, Dominion, Chandler, Red 19
War Service: RFC 1916
General Information:
Nellie - (during WW1) - 'all Nellie's neighbours on the ridge had gone save one, Kichanga. Tuberculosis had been his reason for coming to Africa. Like many others, he had been advised that the dry, sunlit climate of the African Highlands might cure him. So it did, but the process was not complete and at this stage he was not passed fit for active service. (He was later on.) So he remained behind, working 12 hours a day and more to look after several of his neighbours' farms as well as his own.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Fort Hall - R. Whittet, Niama, Chania Bridge
Dominion - Game Department - Assistant Warden - 1930
Nairobi Club - President in 1960 Nairobi Club - Honorary Life Member
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - Roy Whittet - Planter, Githumburu, Fort Hall
Red Book 1919 - District Committees - Fort Hall - R.W. Whittet
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Makuyu Hunt Club
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List - assistant game warden, Meru
His MC was WWI from the Royal Flying Corps. He was made a 2/Lt. in
His MC was WWI from the Royal Flying Corps. He was made a 2/Lt. in
the RFC on 22 July 1916.
E.A. Army List (Oct 1941), T/Maj. Roy Whittet MC was a GSO 2 in G (R) in the Occupied Areas of Italian Somaliland.
FindaGrave Cpt Percy Henry Roy Whittet BIRTH 1888 Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England DEATH 1 Jul 1970 (aged 81–82) Mombasa, Kenya BURIAL Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa. Inscription: in loving memory / Roy P H Whittet / 1888 - 1970