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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 - KR 6264
Accidentally shot himself on Christmas Eve. (see Will Powys)
Barnes Nanyuki cem - 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

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