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Name: VERSTURME-BUNBURY, Harry Palairet 'Strum' (Lieut.-Col.)
Nee: bro of Richard Wagner Versturme-Bunbury
Birth Date: 18.3.1864 Aldershot
Death Date: 3.8.1943 Nairobi
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1943
Profession: Military
Area: Ruiru
Married: In Plymouth 1922 Mrs Margaretta 'Madge' Holland, née Pennefather of Knockinglass, Ireland, b. 22 Aug 1871 Greytown, Natal, d. 19 May 1938 Nyeri) (prev. m. to William de Tilston Holland 1861-1918)
Book Reference: Red 25, Hut, North, Barnes, EA Diary 1902, Web, mini-SITREP XXXIII
War Service: Royal Scots
School: Charterhouse
General Information:
North - EA Military - Based at Nairobi June 1899; at base of Mt. Kenya Sept. 1899 to relieve the H.L. Mackinder expedition; Mombasa Dec 1899 & Jan 1900; Dep. Mombasa for Kismayu 1/5/1900; with Ogaden Punitive Force Jubaland, Kismayu at Jan 1901; end of Appt. 26/10/1901
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - H.P.V. Bunbury, British, age ?, died 3/8/43 is in the register, buried in Nyeri, to be with wife.
EA Diary 1902 - Captain - The East Africa Rifles - 1901
Web - Adolphus and Mary Ann's firstborn son was Harry Palairet Versturme-Bunbury, a man who may well be part of the "White Mischief" crew in Kenya. He was born in 1864 and educated at Charterhouse. He later served with the Royal Scots rising to the rank of Lieut.-Col. In 1922 he married Margaretta, daughter of Captain Pennefather of Knockinglass, Ireland, and widow of Major W.T. Holland. The couple lived at Belfield Park in Weymouth and later moved to Kenya. He worked with Lloyds Bank Ltd, 6 Pall Mall in London. Lt.-Col. H.P. V-B was a member of the Army & Navy Clubs and of the Royal Dorset Yacht Club. He died on 16th November 1943.
mini-SITREP XXXIII - Legion of Frontiersmen - 1940 - C Squadron - No 2 Troop - Troop Leader - 2/Lt H.P.V. Bunbury (Nyeri)
Barnes -St. Peter's Nyeri Cemetery - Margaretta, wife of Lt. Col. H.P.V. Bunbury, born 22/8/1871 died 19/5/1938