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Name: DAVENPORT, Alan Gilbert
Birth Date: 1897 Moseley, Worcs.
Death Date: 23.10.1939 Nairobi, motor accident
First Date: 1933
Last Date: 1939
Profession: Brewer at Kenya Breweries 1935, head brewer at time of death
Area: Nairobi, Ruaraka
Book Reference: Brewery, Barnes
War Service: London Regt.; Artists' Rifles
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Alan Gilbert Davenport, British, age 48, died 23/10/39
EAS 24 Oct 1939 He was chief brewer with East African Breweries. Aged 43. Was born in Birmingham and came to Kenya to join the East African Breweries Limited about six years ago. Prior that he had been brewer with the well known firm of Dyer, Meakin and Co who have a chain of breweries throughout India. In the last war he served in France with the Artist's Rifles. Earlier this month he was involved in a road accident five miles from Nairobi.