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Name: PITT, Clifford George
Nee: son of William Baker Pitt, Vicar of Liddington for 54 years 1882-1936
Birth Date: 1888 Liddington, Wiltshire
Death Date: 1.2.1915 Kipini, sunstroke
First Date: 1913
Last Date: 1915
Profession: Asst DC
Area: Kipini, Mombasa, 1914 Machakos
Book Reference: Henry Wright, Gazette, Nicholls, Grave, Leader14, Barnes
General Information:
Henry Wright - supposedly died of sunstroke but that was the official story
Gazette - 23/2/15 - death from sunstroke on 1/2/15 of Clifford George Pitt - Asst. DC Tana River. He arrived in the protectorate on first appointment 29/4/13 and had already proved himself to be an energetic officer of much promise.
Nicholls - had gone mad (possibly as a result of sunstroke or malaria) and thrown himself into the Tana river. He was pulled out but lost consciousness and died near Kibusu on 5 February 1915. Two ghosts were said to haunt the DC's house, one of them C.G. Pitt and the other of Mrs Duff.
Gazette 1/5/1913 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Dist. Commissioner - 18/4/1913