East Africa & Rhodesia - 28/7/55 - MBE - for gallant and distinguished services in Kenya, Oct. 21, 1954 to April 20 1955.

Red 22 - W. Gash, Kiambu

mini-SITREP XIII - 'They Staked their Lives on Mau Mau Disguise' by R.V. Gillman - '.....…  Another whose name appeared in an honours list with the words "secret citation" was Captain Walter Gash MBE - in his mid twenties, he was District Military Intelligence Officer at Kiambu, near Nairobi. He knew better than most that the essence of the job was painstaking, often monotonous intelligence work - questioning, checking and cross-checking and the laborious translation and interpretation of captured documents.

He was once asked "Didn't the danger make you uneasy?" "Well … I suppose it was a bit dangerous if you think about it" he answered. "But to be honest, the only thing that really worried me was that after months of investigation we might meet a gang and then make a botch of it. It's not so easy, you know, shooting in the dark with a gun with its butt folded so that it will fit under your coat.."

Browne - Norah 'Noni' Susan Oliver Trench, b. 1936, m. 1957 Walter Stuart Gash, MBE, with whom she lives in Australia. Norah left Kenya at the age of 13 to go to High School in Kent from 1949-53, staying at Castle Oliver during the holidays. After leaving school she lived there for 9 months.

Hut has W. Gash 1922 Kiambu