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Name: HOYLE, Edward Blake 'Ted' (Commander)
Nee: son of Edward Lascelles Hoyle
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1888 Higher Crumpsall, Lancs.
Death Date: 7 Mar 1958 Bournemouth
First Date: 1925
Profession: Coffee planter
Area: Kipkarren. Hut 1949 Gilgil, 1925 Kibloss Farm Turbo, Box 36 Gilgil (1953)
Married: In Limuru 17 June 1945 Mary Geraldine Colman Brown b. 1892, d. 27 Apr 1956 Nakuru
Book Reference: Red 25, Hut, Legion, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes
War Service: Commander, Royal Navy, 1903-20, joined Kenya British Legion first in 1932
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 30/8/56 - Mrs Mary Geraldine Hoyle, wife of Commander E.B. Hoyle RN(Retd.) of Kenya, has died in hospital in Nakuru.
Nakuru North cemetery - Mary Geraldine Hoyle, died 27/4/1956 - wife of Edward Blake Hoyle
Red 25 - Treasurer, Kipkarren Farmers' Association.
Legion - Left Colony 1935. He again served with the Royal Navy during WW2 until he retired in 1943. He later returned to Kenya and rejoined the British Legion in 1953. Left Kenya again in early 60s
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Gazette 16 Dec 1958 probate