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Name: REDHEAD, Cyril Howard
Birth Date: 18.7.1898 Northampton
Death Date: 16.7.1979 Richmond, Surrey
First Date: 1930
Profession: Education Officer European Educ. In 1939, appointed 1930. Originally an Asst. Master 1930. Headmaster of Hill School
Area: Kabete
Married: In Cairo 13 June 1928 Evelyn May Hunter-Hardy b. 11 Dec 1905 Southend, d. 7 Dec 1979 Sandbach, Cheshire (later m. Jack Raymond Forrest 1898-1976)
Children: Anne Patricia (1931); Shan Priscilla (1936); two others
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Staff 39, mini-SITREP XIV, Buffalo Barua 2, Nicholls
War Service: Manchester Regt., RAF
School: MA (Cantab)
General Information:
Buffalo Barua - Memories of Kathleen Dobson - ' … I was fascinated by the many lovely drawings produced by Cyril Redhead (Art Master at the Prince of Wales School and one of the first young Kenya Regiment officers).
Nicholls - The Hill School was opened in Eldoret in 1945 in the old RAF camp built from timber from the Elgeyo sawmills, with as headmaster Cyril Redhead, formerly an art master at the Prince of Wales School. It was he who designed the buffalo badge of the Kenya Regiment based on the Selous memorial in Nairobi Club.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 4). Capt at Kenya Regiment first annual camp 1938 - photo