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Name: EGERTON, John

Birth Date: 1879 Dundee

Death Date: 17 Apr 1929 Johannesburg

First Date: 1905

Profession: Partnered John Acland Musgrave Lethbridge in the Norfolk Hotel Livery and Bait Stables in Nairobi

Area: Nairobi

Married: 1. Carrie Cowling; 2. In Durban 3 Mar 1928 Phyllis Alexandra Menzies b. 27 Jan 1901 Natal, d. 13 Aug 1994 Durban

Children: John (27 Jan 1914 Nairobi)

Book Reference: Cuckoo, Medals, North

War Service: Lt and Adjt. No 1 Base Remount Depot, Nairobi

General Information:

Medals - East Africa Medical Corps, John Egerton, Lieutenant
North - arr. Mombasa from Durban 19/4/1905; Firearms registered at Mombasa on way to Port Florence 1/5/1905
He was a hotel proprietor at the time of his death
Son's birth is among the 1916 ones in UK Foreign and Overseas Registers, so could 1914 be a typo?

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