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Name: CRAMPTON, Denis Burke CBE, DSO, MVO (Vice-Admiral)

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Nee: son of John George Crampton

Birth Date: 14.6.1873 Stratford-on-Avon

Death Date: 5.12.1936 Cherangani

First Date: 1922

Profession: Farmer and planter

Area: Uasin Gishu, 1925 Farm 2146, 'Admiral's End', P.O. Cherangani, Trans Nzoia

Married: In Stepney 5 June 1904 Evangeline Beatrice Dickinson b. 1880 Halifax, Nova Scotia, d. 10 Nov 1954 Kitale

Children: John (1909 Alverstoke)

Book Reference: KFA, Golf, Debrett, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, DSO, North, SS

War Service: RN

School: Stubbington House and HMS Britannia

General Information:

Debrett - entered RN 1886, became Lieut. 1894,  Com. 1904, Capt. 1911, Rear-Adm. (retd) 1922 and Vice-Adm. 1927. Brass River Expedition 1895 (medal with clasp), bombardment of Zanzibar 1896, European War 1914-19 present at operation against the 'Konigsberg' (despatches, Legion of Honour, Order of Crown of Italy, DSO, CBE, Order of Aviz of Portugal); sometime Comdg. Officer Irish Sea Area, several other foreign orders.
Red 25 - Officer of French Légion d'Honneur; Greek Order of the Redeemer; Danish Order of Dannebrog; Portuguese Military Order of Aviz; Russian Order of S. Stanislaus; Commander of the Crown of Italy; Bears River Expedition 1894-95 (medal and clasps); Bombardment of Sultan of Zanzibar's Palace; Commanded H.M. Yacht 'Alexandra' 1911-14; Commanded HMS 'Weymouth' at destruction of 'Konigsberg; mentioned in despatches; Senior Officer in the Adriatic action with Austrian cruisers; Chief of Staff, Gibraltar 1918; present at the laying of the first rail of the Uganda Railway
DSO - in recognition of the services in connection with the evacuation of the Serbian Army and Italian Troops from Durazzo in Dec. 1915, and Jan and Feb 1916.
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. D.B. Crampton, RN, MVO, DSO, The Valley Farm, Higham-on-the-Hill, Nuneaton, and c/o Admiralty, SW1 - Farm 139
KFA - Lent £1000 to the infant Plateau Maize Growers' Association in 1922 when all other sources of finance had dried up. Settler. President of Kitale Club (Golf) in 1935.
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Barnes - Kitale cem both he and his wife
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