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Name: CARNELLEY, Anne Maude, Mrs
Nee: Pardoe, dau of Eric Wilson Pardoe of Gilgil
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1925 Nakuru
Death Date: 14 Nov 2008 Muden, S. Africa
Profession: Farmer
Area: Olive Tree Farm, N. Kinangop
Married: In Gilgil 3 Mar 1950 Lovat Dalrymple Carnelley (1927-2004)
Children: David Eric (28.7.1952 Nakuru-16.9.1995 Pietersburg, S. Africa); Jane (18.7.1953 Nakuru); Bridget (22.11.1955 Nakuru); Lynda (2.3.1957 Nakuru; Jenny (28.1.1962 Nakuru)
Book Reference: ILN
General Information:
EAS 6 Jan 1955 A Mau Mau leader calling himself General Ngombe spared the lives of Mrs Anne Carnelley and her two young children when a gang of some 50 terrorists attacked and burnt her home in North Kinangop last week. During Mr Carnelley's absence at about 5:00 PM Mrs Carnelley was warned by a Kikuyu domestic servant of the approach of the gang. She fired her pistol but it jammed and realising that the gang was too large for her to tackle, she picked up her 2 1/2 year-old son and 18 months-old daughter and ran into the bush to hide, being fired at on the way. Owing to the crying of the children the terrorists soon found her and threatened her with a carving knife and guns. She argued for half an hour with General Ngombe who had taken command and prevented the other gangsters from harming her or the children. He told her to leave the colony by the first aircraft. Deprived of her shoes, she was allowed to go, and carrying the children met neighbours who had seen the blaze.