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Name: HITCHCOX, Sydney Wallace

Birth Date: 1892 Syston, Leics. , bapt. 8 Nov

First Date: 1922

Profession: Farmer; timber merchant

Area: Njoro, Kitale, 1922 Nakuru, 1937 Hoey's Bridge

Married: Mary Ruth Thirkell-Cooper b. 9 May 1913 Croydon, d. 2001 Lewes (prev. m. John Wilmot Payne 1912-1937)

Children: Duncan Michael (11 Dec 1941 Kitale-14 June 1990 Bures, Suffolk); Susan Mary (1943); Alan John (1946)

Book Reference: Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Legion, Red 22, Rift Valley

War Service: Trooper, Enslin's Horse 1914-19, MSM, joined Kenya British Legion 1939

General Information:

Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 12 Jan 1924 - S.W. Hitchcox
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Well known golfer at Njoro in 20's. Captain of Kitale Golf Club in 1937. Men's Champion Kitale GC in 1938/39.

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