Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters list has Lancelot and Dean

Debrett - Com. (RN) retired; European War 1914-18 with Grand Fleet and Coastal Motor Boats (despatches, DSO, promoted

Garden - 'It was at that settlers' paradise, Mara-Mura, one day that I found Mrs Coke (pronounced "Cook": Peter Coke, the clever and popular young London actor is their son) one day setting about some mystery, followed by the entire pack. She was always pretty busy in the mornings, and her guests forebore to interfere, but this time I was intrigued. What was it all about, all these dogs and the paraphernalia carried with pomp by the black boy? It proved to be the dogs' bath morning. I sat beside her and asked questions, learning dog-wisdom. .........' '.......Commander Coke, DSO, RN, commanded a coastal motor-boat flotilla during the War ..... Late in the War after a gruelling action in the Heligoland Bight in 1918, Commander Coke blew up his own boat, they were hush-hush boats and had to avoid capture at all costs; he was rescued by the Dutch and interned in Holland till Armistice; during his time of inaction he seems to have taken counsel with himself and decided to settle overseas instead of in England. His wife, young and gallant, was game to go, and I learned something of the early days as we sat under the shady trees at tea, or in the lofty living room where books line their walls, logfires burn .....…..'

Prominent in the starting of Kericho Golf Club in 1927.

Curtis - p. 132 - 'Impermanent Way' - part of a letter written in 1902 by Mrs W. Nichol describing a visit to Kisumu with her husband Willie, Sir Charles Eliot, the Protectorate Commissioner, Captain Coke, a retired Naval officer, and Messrs. Wilson and Marsden. - 'After a hasty breakfast Sir Charles, Willie, Mr Wilson and Mr Marsden went off on business together, so Captain Coke and I strolled down the line right to the Point, where the new steamer for the Lake is being built. ..…

Red 22 - Executive, Convention of Associations

DSO - London Gazette 29/11/18 - Honours for Operations off Terschelling on 11/8/1918 … in recognition of their gallantry during a reconnaissance of the West Frisian coast - "During the course of the operation the Coastal Motor Boats were attacked by hostile aircraft, and, although greatly outnumbered, succeeded in bringing down 2 enemy aircraft. Lieut.-Commander Coke, who was Senior Officer of the flotilla, showed great determination, gallantry and courage in continuing his reconnaissance in spite of the presence of the enemy. The Coastal Motor Boats led by Lieut.-Commander Coke fought a very gallant action against superior odds, and continued to do so until all their ammunition was expended or their Lewis guns rendered useless by jambing. [sic]"

Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Commdr. A.L.H.D. Coke, RN, Caius College, Cambridge - Farm 1173 - Representative, Major J.C.H. Grant, Kitimuru, Chania Bridge

Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Anthony Launcelot Henry Dean Coke - Planter, Maramura Estates - Kericho and Mrs Constance Gibbs Coombe Coke - Married woman, Maramura Estates - Kericho

KAD 1922 - Executive Committee Member, Kericho Farmers' Association.

Hut - partner with Norman

Langata cemetery, Nairobi:  Anthony L.H.D. Coke D.S.O., R.N. / 17th January 1962