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Name: PEIRSON, Geoffrey DSO, MC (Major)
Birth Date: 11 Aug 1888 Durham
Death Date: 10 Dec 1962 Umzinto, Natal, S. Africa
First Date: 1925
Profession: Farmer
Area: W. Kenya, Naro Moru
Married: Hilda Mary Steavenson b. 1878 Holywell, Durham, d. 19 Dec 1949 Pietermaritzburg (prev. m. Henry Walton Appleby and William Appleby)
Book Reference: Red 25, SS, DSO, Rift Valley
War Service: 18th Durham L.I.
General Information:
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major G. Peirson, DSO, MC, 27 Ennismore Garden Mews, Princes Gate, SW7 - Farm 776
DSO - London Gazette 3 June 1919 - for distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders - Geoffrey Peirson, MC, Temporary Capt., General List
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 7 May 1925 - Capt. G. Peirson
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
Gazette 20 May 1952 Moved to Oreston Poultry Farm, Harrison, Natal pre-1962
On death cert was a sugar farmer in Natal, widower