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Name: BRODIE, Walter Malcolm (Corporal)

Birth Date: 18 May 1872 Richmond, Yorks

Death Date: 1958 Bristol

Nationality: British

First Date: 1895

Last Date: 1898

Profession: Feb. 1897 - placed in charge of a transport depot in the Kikuyu Forest in what is now the Westlands area of Nairobi. In May he handed over to Corporal, later Sergeant George Ellis

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Bangor 1910 Elizabeth Ann Hughes b. 10 June 1889 Wales, d. 15 Nov 1977 Billericay

Children: Neil Malcolm (10 Oct 1910 Malta-1964); Mary Edith (7 Apr 1912 Plumstead); Brenda (1914 Woolwich)

Book Reference: Best, North, Mills Railway

War Service: 38th Field Company RE

General Information:

North - From Wallsend on Tyne; Member of the Capt. B.L. Sclater road building party 1895; Taro camp 27-7-1895, Mau Sept. 1896; attached to the Maj. J.R.L. Macdonald "Jubaland" expedition to the Upper Nile, dep Mombasa July 1897; Active service during mutiny of Sudanese in Uganda 1897-98; Arr. Luba's 7-12-1897; With EAP troops in Uganda based at Foweira July 1898; Arr. UK from Mombasa 14-11-1898
Mills Railway - In February 1897 Corporal Brodie was given charge of the depot where he remined until May and thereby established his claim to be the second European resident {of Nairobi} .….…. When Brodie left the Westlands depot, he was succeeded by another of Sclater's team, Corporal Ellis. Ellis, who was promoted Sergeant at about this time, remained in charge until April 1898 and it was probably the length of his stay that gave rise to the legend that he was the first European resident of Nairobi.

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