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Name: BRUXNER-RANDALL, Walter George
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1888 Bury, Lancs.
Death Date: 15 Mar 1954 murdered by Mau Mau near Thika
First Date: 1925
Last Date: 1954
Profession: Coffee planter
Area: Manyika Estate, Chania Bridge
Married: In Balivor church, County Meath 29 July 1914 Marguerite Dorothy Montgomery b. 30 June 1882 Deolali, Bombay, d. 15 Mar 1954 Thika, murdered by Mau Mau
Children: Julian Walter Lowndes (25 Aug 1920 Blaby, Lincs.-killed in action RAF 2 May 1941)
Book Reference: Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Barnes, Red 19
War Service: Lanc Fusiliers 1908; King's Royal Rifle Corps 1940-41
School: Winchester, RMC Sandhurst
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Fort Hall - W. Bruxton Randal - Ilula, Chania Bridge
Thika Anglican cemetery - in loving memory of Marguerite Dorothy and Walter George Bruxner-Randall died 16 April 1954
Red Book 1919 - W G Bruxner-Randall - Chania Bridge
Hut - pioneer coffee planter, both murdered by Mau Mau, both aged 68
Murdered on his coffee farm 8 miles from Thika
Gazette 23 Nov 1954 probate
EAS 18 Mar 1954 Mr and Mrs WG Bruxner-Randall, both aged 68, who had lived in Kenya for about 15 years, were killed by terrorists on their coffee estate near Thika on Monday night. While they were dining a houseboy admitted the gang, who having killed them with bush knives, attacked the neighbouring house of their manager Mr GP Lusso. His wife and he drove them off by rifle fire and summoned assistance by firing rockets.