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Name: HARRIES, Aldred Ivan Rule

Nee: 3rd son of Allen Charles Harries

Birth Date: 15.11.1881 Thaba Nchu, Free State, S. Africa

Death Date: 12.3.1955 Nairobi

First Date: 1906

Last Date: 1955

Profession: Coffee planter, Chania Estate

Area: Thika, 1925 Ruiru, 1922 Ranhurst Ruiru, Chania Estate

Married: 1. In Mombasa 26.10.1916 Isabel Mary Fyffe b. 1889 Ireland, d. 12.7.1927 Nairobi; 2. In Thika 7 Jan 1928 Gabriella Emmar Bradford b. 1868 (div.); 3. In Thika 30 May 1933 Ethel Maude Perry b. 11 Aug 1877, d. 15 Mar 1946 Nairobi (div.); 4. In Cuckfield 20.8.1949 Monica Violet 'Mollie' Rogers b. 7.10.1896 Godstone, d. 16.1.1983 Nanyuki

Children: 1. James Allen (29 Apr 1919-1 Oct 1941 on active service wiith RAF); Peter Allen (8 Sep 1921-18 Aug 1983); Maureen Lily Patricia (Browne, Wild) (30 Dec 1923-1 May 1994)

Book Reference: Gillett, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Legion, EA & Rhodesia, Harries, Red 22, Land, Ruiru, Barnes, Foster, Medals, Leader14

War Service: WW1 with EAMR - B Sqdn. 8/8/14 - 10/5/15 - Cpl. 16/9/14; wounded 3/11/14; to R.E. Ry. Corps

General Information:

Land - 1907 - A.I. Harries - Grazing, 5000 acres, Rift Valley, 9-8-04, Registered 23-1-07

Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Aldred Ivan R. Harries, British, age 73, died 12/3/55

Foster - built Vestry 1943 for Thika Church in memory of his son F/Lt James Harries killed in Libya 1942

Medals - East African Political Department - A.I.R. Harries, EAMR, No. 103, Lance Corporal

Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Aldred Ivan Rule Harries, Settler, Cranhurst, Ruiru

KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Ruiru Farmers' Association.

EAMR - Photo of wounded after Longido

Known as Ivan

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List

Gazette 29 Mar 1955 probate

Ancestry Passenger list 1949 London-Mombasa, he is travelling with Monica Violet aged 67 (so 15 years older than him). But in ditto 1952 she is only 55.

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