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Name: PAKENHAM-WALSH, Robert Morrison
Nee: bro of Louis Henry Carmichael Pakenham-Walsh
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1886 Neston, Cheshire
Death Date: 24 June 1951 Sotik
First Date: 1919
Profession: Soldier-settler Scheme. Coffee farmer at Sotik; mechanical engineer
Area: Farm 953, Sotik, Kericho, 1925 Chebango Estate Sotik
Married: 1. 1919 Elsie Adeline Roberts; 2. In Kericho 7 Nov 1935 Elizabeth Sheila Patricia Cunningham b. 16 Sep 1901 Johannesburg, d. 18 Apr 1980 Durban (prev. m. Hugh Brandon Dooner 1876-1935)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Hut, KAD, Red 22, Gazette
War Service: Lt. Cdr. (Engineering) in RN during WW1.
General Information:
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - R.M. Pakenham Walsh - Planter, Beadoc Ltd. - Kericho
Gazette 12/4/1922 - Brands Registered during quarter ending 31/3/1922 - R.M. Pakenham-Walsh, Farm No 393, Sotik - SW1
Red 25 has R.M. Pakenham-Walsh, Kericho
Gazette 24 July 1941 probate
Red 25 has R.M.P. Walsh, Chebango, Sotik. (Red 31 the same)
Hut - R.M.P. Walsh 1922 Kericho
Red 25 has R.M.P. Walsh, Chebango, Sotik. (Red 31 the same)
Hut - R.M.P. Walsh 1922 Kericho
Letter from Mrs Diana Stanning 6 Sep 1994 Robert (called Pak) joined the RAF on leaving school, served in Bomber Command in WW2 on Lancasters. Repatriated to Kenya in early 1947. Worked on drilling rigs before joining the Kenya Police Air Wing and served during Mau Mau Emergency. He was awarded the Queen's Commendation Medal for services in the air, especially in his capacity as 'spotter' for the Lincoln bombers. Tragically he was killed in a plane crash in 1956.