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Name: PERCIVAL, Richard 'Dick'
Nee: son of Philip Hope Percival
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1918 Potha, Machakos
Death Date: 12 Oct 1976 Nairobi, buried Potha Hill
First Date: 1918
Last Date: 1976
Profession: Farmer
Married: 1953 Dorothy Mary Cameron d. 29 June 2006, nurse
Children: Philip Murray; Rosemary Anne (Braund); David Richard; Felicity Vivien (Legge)
Book Reference: Pembroke, O&C, Web
School: Loreto, Scotland; Caius College Cambridge 1937-39
General Information:
Pembroke No. 24, 1928, Potha, Machakos
Pembroke - Steward at Pembroke House Sports 1932
Web - Left school without sitting his final exams to go and shoot elephant. Went to Cambridge and then into the Military where he was awarded an Honorary MA. Served in the Kenya Regiment KR 847. Fought in Burma WW2 but was invalided out.
Gazette 12 Aug 1977 probate