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Name: COGLE, Fred

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Birth Date: 5 Jan 1900 Kimberley, S. Africa

Death Date: 18 Aug 1982 Canterbury, Kent

First Date: 1922

Last Date: 1965

Area: Ruiru

Married: 1937 Jeannie Gardner Lang b. 3 Oct 1917 Eldoret, d. 2015 Canterbury (dau. of James Lang 1887-1958)

Children: six, including Sheila J. (1938); Charles James (24.1.1942); Evelyn C.G. (19.1.1945); Elizabeth (3.8.1950)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Max Hutton, Guardian Obituary

War Service: WW1 with SA Regt.

General Information:

Red 22 - F. Cogle, P.O. Ruiru
Max Hutton - Member of Kenya's victorious Manning Cup Team - Shooting 1934
Red 25 has F. Cogle, P.O. Ruiru.
Red 31 has F. Cogle, Box 66, Nairobi,
Hut - F. Cogle 1922 Ruiru
Guardian - Obituary of Jean Cogle - 29/4/2015 - "While working at Gailey and Roberts, the industrial equipment suppliers, she met Fred Cogle. They married in 1937. Fred had served in a South African Regiment during the first world war and sustained a terrible shrapnel injury that resulted in the amputation of his leg. They lived a typical colonial outdoor life on the outskirts of Nairobi - full of picnics, safaris and golf. Jean was a crack shot and had been crowned a Kenyan rifle champion at the age of 18.
The couple had their first child in 1938 and 5 more followed. Jean set up a nursery at home to supplement her husband's income. In 1965, facing uncertain prospects in  and independent Kenya the family moved to Canterbury, Kent."

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