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Name: BIRDSEY, Cecil Henry
Nee: son of Percival. bro of Albert and Mavis Birdsey
Death Date: 1934 at Kabezi Hospital, Kabale, Uganda, blackwater fever
First Date: 1925
Profession: Police
Area: 1925 Nakuru, 1930 Eldoret, Rumuruti
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Hut
General Information:
Dennis Leete in Sitrep 46 My uncle, Cecil Birdsey, was the policeman in Rumuruti in the 1920's, and was boarding with the Ryans. One afternoon, fifteen-year old Bill [born in Cradock, Eastern Cape 13th July 1908] took him hunting for the pot and they ran into a lioness (with cubs) which they wounded. On the follow-up she charged, knocked Cecil down and was savaging his upraised arm. Bill recovered the rifle beside them, and killed the lioness from 10ft away, thus saving Cecil’s life. For this act he was awarded the Boy Scouts Medal for Gallantry.
EAS 12 May 1934 death announcement