Pembroke - 'John E. Ellis was the oldest of the first 17 foundation pupils. He spent most of his working career in the Kenya Uganda Railways & Harbours. …. 'I must have joined Pembroke in 1927 at the age of 12 years having previously been at Kenton, Kijabe, from 1923 until 1927, where Mr Turner had been a Housemaster. …. (more) ..I do recall the locusts' swarms darkening the sky. The playing fields were stripped of grass and the railway trains had difficulty in arriving at Gilgil Station owing to squashed locusts on the line.'

UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for birth