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Name: HILL, George Charles Hornsby
Birth Date: 11.2.1915 West Derby, Lancs.
Profession: Coffee planter, Songhor; agric. officer
Area: 1937 Chiselhurst Songhor, Kisumu
Married: In Ipswich 1946 Jane Dale b. 23.6.1895 [birthdate from 1957 passenger list, but she is 20 years older than him. Could this be his mother, also perhaps called Jane?]
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut, Legion, Colonial
War Service: Cadet, Royal Navy HMS Frobisher 1933-34, joined Kenya British Legion in 1937; Mil. service 1939-46 Capt.
School: Merchant Taylors School, Crosby, HMS Frobisher RN Training Ship and King's College Durham University
General Information:
Colonial - Asst. Agric. Officer Kenya 1947-50; Agric. Research Officer 1953; Senior Sugar Officer 1964
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 281).
Ancestry Passenger list 3 July 1957 London-Mombasa