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Name: COLE, Aubrey Thorold du Plat OBE, MC (Major)

Birth Date: 3 June 1877 Old Shoreham, Steyning, Sussex

Death Date: 16 Mar 1939 Willingdon, Sussex

First Date: 1919

Profession: Army officer

Area: Sergoit

Married: In Ontario 4 Sep 1920 Helen Gordon Home née Davidson b. 14 Mar 1886 Ontario, d. 1973

Children: Mary (1921); Edward (1925); Alice Maud Evelegh (d. 1926)

Book Reference: KFA, Lorimer, Hut, EAMR, Gazette, Leader14, LG

War Service: EAMR has Capt. A.T. Cole 10/8/14 - 9/11/14, 6th Dragoon Guards

General Information:

Hut also has A.T. Cole 1920 Sergoit
Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - Captain (temporary) KAR - A.T. Cole, EAMR
Gazette - 11/8/1915 - Appt. - EAMR - Resignation - Captain Aubrey Thorold Cole
Leader14 - A.T. Cole - Uasin Gishu
London Gazette - 18 Nov 1918 - OBE for distinguished service in connection with military operations in East Africa - Major Aubrey de Plat Thorold Cole, Reserve of Officers
KFA - Bought T model Ford in Dar es Salaam in 1919 and drove it to the Uasin Gishu, as did Messrs. Chapman and Styles, also of Sergoit.
Lorimer - farmer in Uasin Gishu.
Hut has Capt. A.T. du P. Cole 1919 Kericho
Web - Find a Grave - In Memory of Aubrey Du Plat Thorold Cole, Major 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), OBE, MC; High Sheriff, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the County of Sussex; who entered into rest 16 Mar 1939, Aged 61 years
Eldoret - The first two motor cars to arrive in Eldoret, one driven by Mr Sexton and the other by Major A.T. Cole, on a G.W.K. Friction disc car. The first returned to Nairobi, but the other hitting a rock on the road on to its owner's farm at Moiben, broke the friction disc, and there and then ended its useful life! This feat took place in 1913.
Gazette - 4/7/1917 - Birthday Honours - MC - Temp Captain A du P T Cole, General List

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