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Name: DANN, Charles Frederick, MC
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1896 Chippenham
Death Date: 13 Sep 1963 Mombasa
First Date: 1929
Profession: ex-Indian Army, farmer
Area: Trans Nzoia, Hoey's Bridge
Married: after 1930 Gertrude May Whittle b. 4 May 1904 Patricroft, Lancs.
War Service: Capt. in Indian Army 28th Punjabis, 76 Punjabis
General Information:
Fellow manager with Harold Alfred Owen of a farm owned by Lord (Henry) Kitchener at Hoey's Bridge.
Harold Owen Memoirs: At the end of the month (1930), Harold and Charles Dann made the long-awaited drive to the Nandi Forest to meet Lord Kitchener. It turned out he was indisposed and couldn’t see them; however, his secretary gave them his instructions and wages for the workers, saying that the priority was to clear land for the sisal planting. They bought all the required implements from the KFA the following day. They began to wonder why Lord Kitchener had not visited them once to see how they were, and Harold began to think there was something a bit odd going on and began to feel that he would not want to see the end of his contract out. They described to each other the strange interviews that they had with Lord Kitchener in England, and both thought he had behaved in a weird manner, but both believed he was genuine and were convinced that the figures added up. They wondered why Lord Kitchener was taking on two inexperienced men from the UK when a Neopara could have handled the job. However, they were both satisfied with their current situation...He and Charles Dann were also becoming more concerned with Lord Kitchener’s state of mind and plans. Whenever Charles collected the wages, he never saw Lord Kitchener; rather he dealt only with the Secretary who seemed to be running the whole project.
MC 1941
Freemason 1919 Lansdowne Lodge of Unity 1919 (as Capt. in Indian Army)
He was in the Indian Army in 1922. Travelled to Kenya as 'retired'.
His wife travelled to Bombay in 1928 as Whittle, as she is still Whittle in a passenger list of 1930.
Kisauni cemetery, Mombasa Inscription: in loving memory / of / Charles Frederick Dann / dear husband of May / died 13.9.1963