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Name: BUTLER, Charles Wilfred Longsdon
Nee: bro of Reginald Longsdon Butler
Birth Date: 1886 Sevenoaks
Death Date: 18 Oct 1957 Nairobi
Profession: Farmer, Rumuruti
Area: Rumuruti
Children: Julie
Author: dau.
Book Reference: Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Gazette, Barnes
War Service: EAMR has C.W.L. Butler A Sqdn. 7/8/14
General Information:
Red 22 - C.W.L. Butler, Farm No. 1478, "Kepchomo" Nandi Plateau, P.O. Songhor
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Lumbwa - C.W.L. Butler, Sotik
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Charles Butler, died 14 Apr 1949 aged 76 [not the same man]
Gazette 21/4/1920 - Registration of Brands - Butler Bros. - Kepchomo, PO Songhor - P1B
KAD 1922 has C.W.L. Butler, Songhor.
Red 25 - C.W.L. Butler, Settler, Songhor.
Red 31 - C.W.L. Butler, Kapchamo, Songhor.
Hut - C.W.L. Butler 1920 Kepchomo Songhor
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Charles Wilfred Langsden Butler, Settler, Salisbury Rd., Nbi
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List has Longsdon
Played in the EA Amateur Golf Championship in 1933.
Genforum Feb 1953 Mrs Julie Butler, wife of CWL Butler, whohas farmed for 20 years in the Rumuruti district, was alone in her house with her daughter when she saw strange Kikuyu outside, 1 of whom aimed an arrow at her when she opened the kitchen door. Slamming the door she seized a rifle and fired through an open window. The terrorists fled.