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Name: RAND, Bertie James
Birth Date: 21 July 1891 Peckham, London
Death Date: 17 Jan 1950 Nairobi
First Date: 1914
Last Date: 1950
Profession: Soldier in KAR and later transferred to Kenya Police 1918/19 serving until 1932
Area: Nairobi, Kitale
Married: In Ruiru 1922 Janet Scott Hogg Pearson b. 7 Sep 1895 Dumfries, Scotland, d. 28 Dec 1978 Barnes
Children: Albert James (1923 Wandsworth-1981Wandsworth); Ian Charles (25 Nov 1931 Kitale-31 Oct 1996 Guildford)
Book Reference: EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Dominion, Barnes
War Service: WW1 in British Army - was in ill-fated landing at Tanga
General Information:
Joined British Army in 1909 and took part in the ill fated landing at Tanga in 1914. He stayed in Kenya transferring to the KAR and took part in EA Campaign in WW1, then transferred to Kenya Police in 1918, or 1919, and served in Nairobi and Kitale until 1932. Then returned to England but returned to Kenya in 1946/7. Source: Ian C. Rand
Dominion - Inspector of Police - 1930
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Bertie J. Rand, died 17 Jan 1950 aged 58
KAD 1922 - Sergeant Inspector of Police, Nairobi
Kenya Police Review Feb 1950 He served in the Police force from 12 June 1919, when he was appointed a sergeant instructor. He had earlier served in the Loyal N Lancashire Regiment from 1909 until 1921, and served in the East and Central African campaigns. He was at first seconded to the Police Force. Was an efficient drill instructor, and in 1924 was promoted to assistant inspector, and to full inspector in 1925. A keen athlete, he held a diploma from the Army School of Physical Training. He served at the Depot, Nairobi, and in the Nairobi, Eldoret and Kitali districts. Was especially mentioned for good work in the Commissioner's annual report in 1926 and 1930 and in 1929 was highly commended by the Resident Magistrate for exceptional perseverance in a criminal case.
Rand left the force in April 1933. Returned to the United Kingdom and opened a grocery shop in northwest London, where during the war he had an extremely difficult time. After the war he and his wife returned to Kenya and he became a temporary inspector with the Airfield Guards in February 1947, but on account of health reasons retired shortly afterwards. He then served at the special Jewish detainees camp at Gilgil as an assistant inspector. He then took another temporary appointment as security officer with the East African Airways Corporation at Eastleigh. He relinquished this on account of failing health. He was always a very cheerful policeman, with a flare for instruction. Always retained his earlier soldierly traits, and as a man he was very much liked.