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Name: BRANSTON, Geoffrey Herbert
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1906 Newark, Notts.
Death Date: 24 Oct 1980 Fleet, Hants.
Profession: worked for Shell Oil Co.
Married: 1. In Nairobi 29 May 1936 Rose Mary Johnson (1904-2000) (div. 1943), nurse; 2. In Kampala 2 Aug 1946 Margaret 'Greta' Liddle b. 9 Jan 1912, d. 2003 Rushcliffe, Notts.
Children: 1. Priscilla Dorothy Gwendoline (Moore) (20 Apr 1940 Mozambique-29 Sep 2012 Bournemouth); 2. Nicholas John (1953) (adopted); another son
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, mini-SITREP XIV
General Information:
Gazette - 8/4/1930 - Liable to serve as Jurors and Assessors - G H Branston, Shell Oil Co. Ltd. Of EA, Mombasa
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 18). 2/Lt at Kenya Regiment first annual camp 1938 - photo