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Name: CHRISTIE-MILLER, David Geoffrey
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1918 Littlehampton, UK
Death Date: 11 Dec 2010 Henley
First Date: 1940
Last Date: 1962
Profession: District Officer and District Commissioner, Central Province, Coast province, Rift Valley Province, NFD, Nyanza
Married: 1. 1947 Mrs Helen 'Jane' Wynne-Eyton née Blandy-Jenkins b. 1892 Kingston Bagpuize, Berks., d. 5 Nov 1955 Kensington (prev. m. 1914 to Stephen William M. Silver and Charles Sandford Wynne-Eyton) 2. In Nairobi 7 Feb 1958 Marion Joan Ryrie b. 27 Sep 1922 Angate Ndare, Laikipia, d. 4 Mar 2016 Henley on Thames(dau of Oswald Bruce Ryrie)
Children: Stephen (10 July 1958 Nairobi); Diana Jean (1962)
Book Reference: EAWL, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, O&C, Fleming, Burke, Staff 53, Telegraph
War Service: Kenya Regt. KR 2502, 4th KAR, Sudan Defence Force
School: Eton and Trinity College Oxford 1936-39
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 24/11/55 - Mrs D. Christie-Miller, who has died in London after a long illness, settled in the Timau district of Kenya in 1925. Mrs Jane Wynne-Eyton, as she was then, after learning to fly, became one of the first private aircraft owners in the Colony, and joined the Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit at the outbreak of the last war. She was mentioned in despatches for service in the Ethiopian campaign, and was later appointed a pilot officer in the RAF Air Transport Auxiliary. She continued to use her aircraft after her marriage to Mr David Christie-Miller, an administrative officer in the Kenya service.
Fleming - His [Sandy Wynne-Eaton] Jane, was also a well-known pilot in Africa. She had been flying for 10 years when World War No. 2 was declared, and although over 40 years old insisted on doing her bit. She was made a Sgt.-Pilot in the WAAF's, but was then transferred to Air Transport Auxiliary, and flew in the Communications Squadron in Kenya up to the end of 1943. She had flown nearly 2,000 hours for the RAF during the War, and had a total of well over 4,000 hours, which must be nearly a record for a woman pilot. She was a first-class pilot. Jane was also a great character. She was medium height, with short, dark hair, full of life and fun, and enjoyed a good joke, or a good drink; she loved to try and shock people, and smoked about 50 cigarettes a day. Her stamina was amazing, nothing seemed to tire her; I have known her get up at 5 am (after a late night) fly solidly all day, then drive up to her farm 180 miles on a dangerous mountain road - and then set to and cook her supper on top of that.
Burke - joined HM Colonial Service 1940, served in Kenya until retirement 1962, served in WW2 with KAR and Sudan Defence Force
Staff 53 - DO Nakuru, appointed Admin Cadet 16-7-1940
Gazette 6 Dec 1955 wife's probate
Colonial Service in Kenya 1944-1963.
DO Machakos, Kitui, Lamu. DC Moyale, Thika, Nakuru, Naivasha.
Seconded to Treasury. Director of Kenya Population Census 1962.
After retirement from Kenya worked for Guiness Co, Brewers.
Lived at Henley-on-Thames. Member of Leander Club.
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