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Name: SHOTTON, Harold Gillespie
Nee: son of William John Shotton
Birth Date: 1894 Felton, Northumberland
Death Date: 28 Dec 1954 Nairobi, mortally wounded by Mau Mau in the chest and arms at his home in Fort Smith
First Date: 1930
Last Date: 1954
Profession: G.P.O.
Area: Nairobi, Coquet Glen, Kabete
Married: In Cardiff 1915 Blodwen Tamplin b. 20 Feb 1894 Rhiwden, Monmouthshire, d. 1980 Pontypool, Gwent
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Barnes
War Service: North Staffs. Regt.
General Information:
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Harold Gillespie Shotton, died 28 Dec 1954 aged 60
EAS 6 Jan 1955 He went to Kenya 30 years ago and recently retired to a small coffee farm in the Fort Smith district, near Nairobi. He was fatally wounded when three armed terrorists came to his door and demanded his revolver. Told that he had deposited it with the police, they shot him in the chest at close range. He died the following day in hospital. Mr Shotton, a Quaker, had been friendly with the Kikuyu and often attended their sick. He was 60.