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Name: DOIG, Alexander Kenneth Rodney
Nee: son of Kenneth Alan Crawford Doig
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1909 Bareilly, India
Death Date: Feb 1983
Profession: Farmer
Area: Nyeri, Kiganjo
Married: At St Cuthbert's church, Nyeri 1 Mar 1938 Kathleen 'Kim' St Martin Casling, b. 25 Sep 1908 Asansol, Bengal, d. 15 June 1997 Nanyuki
Children: David Rodney (15 June 1939 Kenya-26 May 2015 Kenya); Kenneth Lindsay (Kiganjo 16 Oct1946); Alan George Crawford (15 June 1943, committed suicide Mar 1997)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, EAWL, Hut, Phil Sykes, Baptism, Wed
General Information:
Letter from John Fawcus - " ... Alec, Kenneth's father (died 1988) ran the farm, had a good war record mostly in the 3rd Royal Tank Regt. in 8th Army, and was a temporary District Officer during the emergency responsible for the whole Kiganjo area."
Hut has Alec Doig Kiganjo legs amputated died in fire married to Kim Fawcus
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 240).
Info from son Kenneth My Grandfather Dr KAC Doig married my mother's mother who came out with him as a nurse in 1925. My mother's mother married my father's father so they were step brother and sister.