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Name: POLHILL, Theodore Robert
Nee: bro. of Stanley Frederick Philip Polhill
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1900 Shanghai, China
Death Date: 13 Sep 1969 Knysna, Cape Province
First Date: 1930
Profession: Farmer
Area: 1930 Ngombe Ltd., Naivasha
Married: In Nakuru 3 Sep 1930 Dorothy Sarah Wiltshire b. 5 Mar 1898 Christian Malford, Wilts.
Children: Robert Twistleton (14 Apr 1932-28.3.1998 Australia); Dawn Linnell (Humphrey) (15 July 1935 Nairobi-27 Apr 1999 Somerset West); Sallie Fiennes (Peace) (1 Mar 1938)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Red 31, Hut, Burke
War Service: served in WW2 as Capt. with KAR in Somaliland and Abyssinia
General Information:
Hut has R.T. 'Bob' Polhill 1958 S. Kinangop married to Catherine, Grenville College [his nephew]
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List farmer, Howbury, Kinangop
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 198). Birthdate 24 Oct 1902 is from KR records, but 1901 Census says he was 5 months old, which would indicate 1900, and family gravestone in Renhold, Bedford says 25 Oct 1900