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Name: TRENT, George Michael Harrison
Photo Source: David Reeve
Nee: brother of Ivy Joan Emily, Francis Harold Noel and John Herbert Trent, son of George Alexander Trent
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1914 Farnham
Death Date: 30 May 1962 Banbury
First Date: 1933
Profession: Asst. Inspector, Kenya Police in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally 2nd Grade Asst. Insp. 1933. Goldfields in 1939. Super in 1953 - later SSP
Area: Kakamega 1939, Thomson's Falls
Married: In Banbury 1938 Rosamund Cicely Tweedie b. 24 Aug 1914 Otterford, Somerset, d. 19 Feb 2002 Salisbury, Wilts.
Children: Sarah C. (1942); Michael J. (1944)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Staff 53, Kenton, Colonial
School: Kenton College - left 1927 for Wellington College Berks.
General Information:
Gazette 26 Feb 1963 probate
Kenya Police Review 1962 He will be remembered for his leadership, sound common sense and fairmindedness. He was an enthusiastic shot and sportsman and was popular with all with whom he came in contact. He joined the Kenya Police in 1933 and five years later was promoted to Assistant Inspector. By 1953 he was Senior Superintendent and three years later he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner. He was widely experienced. He did immigration work at Mombasa in 1943, a spell in the Turkana district between 1944 and 1946, commanded Nyeri Division in 1947 and Mombasa Division in 1949. In 1950 he was appointed as ADC to the Governor, and before he took charge of Nairobi Rural District in 1951, he undertook staff duties at headquarters in connection with personnel and welfare. For his work as Staff Officer at Colony Headquarters during the emergency and as Provincial Police Officer in charge of Frontier Province, he was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorial Service in 1955. His last provincial command was in Central Province. After several years of ill health he retired to England on medical grounds in February 1961. His wife was Rosamund and his brother 'Jabbie' who farms at Thomson's Falls.