View entry
Name: BENT, Percy Salisbury MC (Capt.)
Nee: bro of Roger Baldwin Bent
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1867 Stockton on Teme
Death Date: 16 Feb 1951 Nyeri
First Date: 1930
Profession: Farmer, 'Gunners Venture', Nanyuki
Area: Kilimakogi Estate, Ruiru, Gunner's Venture Nanyuki
Married: In Yokohama, Japan 11 Oct 1893 Edith Mary 'Ruby' Temple Willcox b. Calcutta 9 May 1871, d. 30 Aug 1953 Berkhamsted
Children: Percy J. (1895); Herbert R. (1896); Edith Mary (1909)
Book Reference: Hut, Red 31, Barnes
War Service: Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery
School: Marlborough, Selwyn Coll. Cambridge
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
Gazette 27 Feb 1951 probate
Nanyuki Cemetery - Plot E16 - Capt. Percy Salisbury Bent, d. Nanyuki 16 Feb 1951
Cambridge Univ Alumni at SELWYN H. Jan. 19, 1884. [S. of Baldwin Harry (1853), Esq. B. Jan. 16, 1867. School, Marlborough.] Matric. Lent, 1884. Silk merchant; Messrs Jewitt and Bent, of Yokohama. Brother of Baldwin H. (1885). (Marlborough Coll. Reg.)