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Name: POWYS, Charles William Assheton 'Charlie'
Nee: eldest son of Will Powys
Birth Date: 12 July 1936 Kenya
Death Date: 24 Dec 1964 Nanyuki, gun accident
First Date: 1936
Last Date: 1964
Area: 'Kisima', Nanyuki
Married: Jaffer Long
Children: daughter
Book Reference: Barnes, Midday Sun, Hut
School: Kenton
General Information:
Charles William Ashton - Kenya Regiment 6264
Accidentally shot himself on Christmas Eve. (see Will Powys)
Nanyuki cemetery - Charles William Asheton [sic] Powys. In memory of / our beloved / Charlie / "greater love has no man / than this, that a man lay / down his life for his friends" / C W A Powys / Kisima / 12.7.1936 - 24.12.1964
Gazette 28 Sep 1965 probate