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Name: DRISCOLL, Denis Patrick O'Neil
Photo Source: Pat Whiteley; William Cherry
Nee: son of Daniel Brian O'Neil Driscoll
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1921 Nairobi
Death Date: 2 July 1951 Nairobi
Profession: Chemelil Sugar Co.
Area: Kisumu, Mombasa, Nairobi
Married: Mary Constance 'Molly' Alcorn b. 14 Oct 1923 Cape of Good Hope, d. 9 Nov 2020 Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire (dau. of Henry Alcorn and later m. Thomas Peter Stevens)
Children: Mary Patricia (14 Dec 1946 Kisumu); Eileen Maeve (13 July 1948 Kisumu)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut, Web
School: Prince of Wales
General Information:
Hut - Dennis Driscoll - 1972 Chemelil Sugar Co. - went to Kakamega
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 711)
Pat Whiteley (daughter): My father turned 18 on 3rd September 1939 when WW2 was declared and, instead of proceeding on to Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa (my grandmother’s wish) he signed up to the Kenya Regiment (his mother was not happy about this!). He served in N. Africa during WW2. After the war ended, he obtained a position in the PWD at Kisumu in the Kenya Province of Nyanza. I was born in Kisumu and so was my younger sister, Eileen. After the PWD in Kisumu, my father worked for the PWD in Mombasa. However, he then left Mombasa for Nairobi where he obtained a position as Accountant with Kenya Canners Limited. It was during this time that his life ended on 2nd July 1951 and is buried in the City Park Cemetery in Nairobi.