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Name: THOM, Maurice St. Clair

Birth Date: 6.3.1887 Dollar, Clackmannanshire

Death Date: 17.6.1961 Paignton, Devon

First Date: 1910

Profession: Police. Assistant Superintendent in BEA Police. Adjutant of the EA Police Service Battalion formed in 1914

Area: Nairobi

Married: 1. In Nairobi 4 Nov 1915 Rose Muriel Burnett Craigie b. 16 July 1890, d. 6 Mar 1945 Forest Row, Sussex; 2. In Totnes 1951 Margaret Elizabeth Carter née Johnson b. 24 Dec 1891 Brixham, d. 30 May 1951 Paignton

Children: Derrick Maurice St Clair (15 Dec 1916 Nairobi-3 July 1942 El Alamein on active service); Trevor Charles St Clair (25 Jan 1919 Nairobi-19 Jan 2006 Providence, Rhode Island); Veronique St Clair (27 June 1923 Nairobi); Monica (1930); David (1920)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Gazette, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19, Police, Dominion

War Service: EA Police Miltary Service Battalion

General Information:

Gazette - 13/12/16 - Probate & Admin. - Carlo V. Bruno of Nairobi and Lieut. KAR who died in action GEA about 29/4/16. Applied for by Maurice St. Clair Thom

Gazette - 11/8/1915 - Appt. - EA Police (Military Service Battalion) - To be Captain (Temporary) - Asst. Superintendent Maurice St. Clair Thom, in his capacity as Adjutant and Quartermaster.

Red Book 1912 - M. St. C. Thom - Machakos

Gazette 1/7/1910 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Inspector of Police - from South Africa - 7/6/1910

Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Maurice St. Clair Thom - EA Police - The Hill and Mrs Rose Muriel Burnett St. Clair Thom - The Hill

Red Book 1919 - Asst. Superintendent of Police

KAD 1922 - Superintendent of Police, Police Depot

Dominion - Superintendent of Police - 1930 - M. St. C. Thom

1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Uckfield

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