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Name: WEATHERBE, Wilfred (Major)
Nee: bro of D'Arcy Weatherbe
Birth Date: 5 June 1880 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death Date: 29 Nov 1952 Nanyuki
First Date: 1930
Profession: Farmer
Area: Nanyuki
Married: In Westminster 18 Apr 1922 Laura Margaret 'Margot' Laurie b. 29 Nov 1897 Nagpur, India, d. 6 Jan 1975 Scotland
Children: Avril (b. and d. 1 May 1926 Marylebone); Colin D'Arcy Robert (3 Dec 1928 Marylebone-28 Mar 2012 North Vancouver); James
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, SS, Barnes
War Service: Royal Field Artillery, Served India 1902-12, Fermoy 1913-14, Cross-River Campaign WA 1914-15, France 1915-19, India 1919-27
General Information:
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major W. Weatherbe, Junior Army & Navy Club, London - Farm 865 Nanyuki Cemetery - Plot F20
Web - Yearbook Royal Military College of Canada. Major Weatherbe was born in 1880 and received his early education at Devenport School, St. John, N.B. He entered R.M.C. in 1898 and graduated as C.S.M. in 1902. He won Crossed Rifles and was a member of the Sandhurst Rifle and Revolver Team. He at once obtained a Commission in the R.A. and served in West Africa 1914-1915, and in France 1915-1918, during the First World War, also with an R.F.A. Brigade in India. He later took up residence in Kenya, and died at Nanyuki on 29th November, 1952.
Nanyuki cemetery - to the / affectionate memory of / Major Wilfred Weatherbe / Royal Field Artillery / erected by / his wife Margot, two sons / Colin and James and his / only surviving brother / D'Arcy / born 5th June 1880 / died 29th November 1952 / served / India 1902 - 1912 / Fermoy 1913 - 1914 / Cross -River Campaign W A 1914 - 1915 / France 1915 - 1919 / India 1919 - 1927