View entry
Name: SLATTER, Thomas Arthur 'Sam'
Birth Date: 1899 Barcheston, Shipston on Stour, bapt. 8 July 1900
Death Date: 3 May 1955 Machakos
First Date: 1927
Last Date: 1955
Profession: Police Officer, Samburu 1936.
Area: Machakos 1939, 1930 Chemagel, Sotik, 1934 Rumuruti; Lukenia Point Athi River
Married: Catherine Mary b. 13 Jan 1903, d. 1977 Kidderminster
Book Reference: Nellie, Police, Staff 39, Red 31, Hut, EA & Rhodesia
War Service: Royal Marines
General Information:
Police - On one occasion "Sam" was told that Kipsigis and Kisii warriors were massed in the Sotik district ready to attack each other. He sped to the scene and just as the large groups moved to the attack, he rode between them on a white horse. With a strength of character and an almost uncanny influence which he possessed over Africans, he ordered the armed warriors to disperse and this they did. In an English country paper, much to "Sam's" embarrassment, his photograph appeared with the caption "The Man who stopped the Flow of Blood in Africa."
Police - Great expert in Stock theft investigations. Asst. Inspector, Kenya Police in 1939, appointed 1934. Originally Constable 1927.
Gazette 11 Oct 1955 probate