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Name: MEDCALFE, Winifred Sarah, Mrs

Death Date: 4 March 1956 Tigoni, murdered by cook, Mau Mau (Hut)

Last Date: 1956

Area: Kinungo Estate, Limuru

Married: No

Book Reference: Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes

General Information:

East Africa & Rhodesia - 8/3/56 - Mrs Winifred Medcalfe, who had lived in Kenya for 50 years, was found dead by an African servant in the sitting room of her farmhouse at Tigoni, near Nairobi, early on Monday. She appeared to have been dragged from bed and murdered with a bush-knife. An official police statement said:- "The police consider that, although the usual characteristics of a Mau Mau murder are absent in this case, the possibility cannot be ruled out that the crime may have been instigated by Mau Mau". The house had been ransacked and a small revolver is missing. The police were summoned by Mr L.E. Agar, a neighbour, to whom the African servant went for help. Five Africans have been detained for questioning.
Barnes - Limuru Cemetery - Win Medcalfe, died 4 March 1956
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters List
Gazette 27 Mar 1956 probate

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