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Name: WEDD, George Luis Patterson 'Lupin' (Capt.)
Birth Date: 1913 Langport, Somerset
Death Date: 5 May 1948 Rumuruti, suicide
First Date: 1931
Profession: Farmer, Rumuruti
Area: Ndurumu, Rumuruti
Married: 1935 Dulcie May Randall b. 11 May 1915 Frankfort, Orange Free State, S. Africa, d. 13 Aug 2008 Naivasha
Children: Luis Alma George (1939); Caroline Ruth (1941) (Morton); Yvonne May (22 Aug 1937 Kenya-1938)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Baptism, Robin Ryan, Old Africa
General Information:
Old Africa 34 - Lu Wedd - I lost my father soon after the war. He committed suicide after coming back from a vicious war in Burma and couldn't face the stress of the farm and our lack of finances.
Hut - Soldier Settler, Chairman Laikipia Farmers Ass 1939
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. In 1937. (KR 220). No birthdate in KR records.
Gazette 6 July 1948 probate for George Lewis [sic] Patterson Wedd