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Name: DARVILL, Benjamin MC (Major)
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1915 Seaton, Devon
Profession: Farmer
Area: 1948 Clifton Farm, Ainabkoi, 1971 PO Songhor
Married: 1. In Meriden, Warks. 1939 Marguerite Pears b. 21 Sep 1909 Erdington, Warks., d. 1985 S. Warwickshire; 2. Joyce Yvonne Grannum b. 3 Nov 1913 (dau of Reginald Clifton Grannum)
Children: Clare
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut
War Service: 1937-1946 army
General Information:
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 136)
Gazette 12 Feb 1952 Benjamin Darvill Land in Ravine purchased for European Settlement Board
Gazette 19 Dec 1950 elected to Uasin Gishu District Council