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Name: LAVERS, Geoffrey Le Mesurier
Nee: bro of Stanley 'Peter' and Jean Lavers
Birth Date: 17 June 1908 Batheaston, Somerset
Death Date: 21 Apr 1953 shot by Mau Mau in Ziwani Location, Nairobi
Last Date: 1953
Profession: Tended the City Council Parks; schoolteacher
Area: Nairobi
Married: Dorothy Marion b. 28 Feb 1903
Children: Jeremy Frank (30 Mar 1939)
Book Reference: Ione, Barnes
General Information:
Geoffrey Le Mesurier Lavers - KR 1032
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Geoffry LeMesurier Lavers, died 21 Apr 1953 aged 45. Inscription: in / loving memory / of / Geoffrey Le Mesurier / Lavers / born June 17th 1908 / died April 21st 1953
Gazette 4 Aug 1953 probate
EAS 23 Apr 1953 He was a park supervisor and was shot dead in Nairobi. The murderer, who escaped, crept upon him while he was working, shooting him twice in the back.