Gazette 17 Apr 1962 probate

Kenya Police Review Dec 1962 At Wellington College he excelled at athletics and was the first class shot with a rifle. In 1937 he enlisted in the Kenya Police and, except for a brief period at the Police Training School and duty at Mombasa, served in the Rift Valley between 1939 and 1946, when he was transferred to the British Somaliland Police as a Superintendent. There he played a leading part on the polo field and showed his shooting prowess by bringing the Somaliland police team second in the East and West African full-bore shooting match. In 1953 he was transferred back to Kenya to the Rift Valley and it was for his sensible appraisals of the situation on which he made daily broadcasts from the Nakuru during the Emergency that he will be best remembered. He was promoted to Senior Superintendent in 1954 and in the following year was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for meritorious service. He was confirmed in the rank of Assistant Commissioner in 1957 and shortly afterwards was decorated with the Queen's Police Medal for distinguished service for his work during the emergency. After a spell of staff duty at Colony Headquarters in December 1957, he took over as Provincial Police Officer in charge of the Coast Province. He retired from the Force in 1960 and took up the appointment of African Affairs Officer with the Navasha County Council, where again his popularity was marked, not least among the many Africans for whom he was responsible. He was an officer who abounded in sound common sense and good humour.