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Name: HENDERSON, Reginald George
Nee: son of Robert Henderson of Sedgwick Park, Horsham, Sussex
Birth Date: 11.8.1883 Horsham, Sussex
Death Date: 28.3.1917 Nairobi
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1917
Profession: Farmer
Area: Thika, HBEA 1912 Nairobi, Chania
Married: In Horsham 9 May 1911 Isla Clifton Brown b. 19 Dec 1883 Fay Gate, Sussex, d. 5 Feb 1971 Westminster (later m. Charles Hemsley 1884-1961)
Children: Ian Sydney Campbell
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Hut, EAMR, Playne, CWGC, Land, Gazette, Leader14, Foster, Red Book 1912, CWGC, Barnes
War Service: EAMR has Reginald G. Henderson A Sqdn 18/12/15
General Information:
SE - R.G. Henderson - June 1910
Playne - R.J. Henderson - Game of all kinds is to be found in the immediate vicinity of Nairobi, and on Mr R.J. Henderson's farm alone may be seen the zebra, rhinoceros, hartebeeste, Thomson's gazelle, waterbuck, and roan. Mr Henderson came to BEA in 1908, settling down on an estate of 5000 acres some 30 miles from Nairobi. The Chania River runs for a distance of 4 miles through the farm, 1000 acres of which are planted with forest timber, mostly good olive. There is a waterfall on the farm which might with advantage be used for electric lighting in Nairobi. Irrigation can be carried over some 200 acres. A few fruit trees have been planted and are doing well. In future coffee and sisal are to be cultivated, and part of the property is to be fenced in as soon as the rhinoceros can be got rid of.
CWGC - Nairobi South Cemetery - Serjeant Reginald George Henderson, 713, EAMR. Died of cancer 28th March 1917. Age 33. Son of the late Robert and Emma Henderson, of Sedgwick Park, Horsham, Sussex; husband of Isla Clifton Hemsley (formerly Henderson). A settler owning Chania, Chaniabridge, East Africa from 1908. Grave I.C.1
Land - 1910 - Reginald G. Henderson - Grazing and agricultural, 2986 acres - Nyeri District - 23/5/10 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/7/10 - Registered 15/9/10
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kiambu - R.G. Henderson, Chania Bridge
Nairobi South cemetery - Reginald George Henderson, born 11 Aug 1883, died 28 Mar 1917 aged 33, husband of Isla Clifton Hemsley (formerly Henderson). A settler owning Chania, Chaniabridge, East Africa - He joined the East African Mounted Rifles in Dec 1915 and died at Nairobi from the effect of injuries received in the campaign in GEA in 1916 while attached to the 27th Mtn Bat. RA
Foster - All Saints' Cathedral - There were formerly two small windows on either side of the west door, but they were repeatedly broken by thieves, who used them as a means to enter the Cathedral. They were eventually replaced by plain glass windows protected by iron bars. The original windows commemorated Reginald George Henderson, late of Chania, Thika and of Sedgwick Park Sussex, who died of injuries received in the Great War on 28 March 1917
Red Book 1912 - R.G. Henderson - Kyambu