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Name: THORNHILL, Herbert McCoan DCM
Nee: bro of Victor McCoan Thornhill
Birth Date: 1886 South Stoneham, Hampshire
Death Date: 28 Sep 1966 Horsham, Sussex
First Date: 1910
Profession: Surveyor
Area: Nairobi, 1922 Freelands Estate, Hoey's Bridge Kitale
Married: Emily b. 1881, d. Oct 1959 Kitale
Book Reference: HBEA, Red Book 1912, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Medals, Red Book 1912, LG, Gazette, Red 19
War Service: East African units
General Information:
Gazette - 8/7/14 - Herbert McCoan Thornhill - appt. Computer, Survey Dept., Cadastral Branch
Medals - EA Pioneer Company - H.M. Thornhill, No. 3170, Serjeant
Red Book 1912 - H.M. Thornhill - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Survey Dept. - Asst. Junior Staff Surveyor
London Gazette - 3 March 1917 - Distinguished Conduct Medal - 3170 Sjt. H.M. Thornhill, E. African Pioneer Coy. - For conspicuous devotion to duty. He has performed coinsistent good work in the supplying of stores and tools for engineering units in the field.
Gazette 1/8/1910 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Junior Surveyor - 17/7/1910
Red Book 1919 - Survey Dept. - Computing Office - Computer
Red 31 has K. McC. Thornhill, Freelands Estate, Hoey's Bridge
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Herbert McConn Thornhill, Surveyor Freelands Estate and Emily Thornhill, Married Freelands Estate
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Kitale cemetery - Emily Thornhill - died Oct 1959, buried 19 Oct