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Name: SMITH, Peter Gray Allison MC
Nee: son of Maj. Allison Eugene Smith, Eldama Ravine
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1915 Nakuru
Death Date: 12 Mar 1988 Totnes
First Date: 1937
Area: Eldama Ravine, Ainabkoi, 1938 Nat. Irrigation Bd. Kisumu
Married: In Eldama Ravine 24 July 1948 Marjorie Ann Creery b. 25 Nov 1922 Lumbwa, d. 8 Apr 1990 Torbay (dau of Randall Leslie Creery)
Children: Howard John Allison (25 Oct 1949 Eldoret); Christopher Peter Allison (9 Sep 1951 Eldoret); Linda Francine Allison (19 Oct 1959 Eldoret); Robin Randall Allison (25 Jun 1963 Nakuru)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Kenton, Hut
School: Kenton College 1924, left 1926 for Wellington
General Information:
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 274) No birthdate in KR records
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for birth
Howard Smith (son): Grew up at Eldama Ravine (when not in school). Attended Kenton College from its inception until 1926 when he left for Brockhurst School in England, then attended Wellington College in 1928. In 1933 he returned to Kenya and managed Canada Farm at Equator for his father until the outbreak of WW2. After the war he managed Miniota farm, Ainabkoi until eventually inheriting half of it following his father's death. The other half was sold to the Wattle Company to pay "Death Tax". Following the acquisition of the farm by the Settlement Board, he remained at Ainabkoi for two years working to set up the settlement scheme. He then transferred to Eldama Ravine and set up the Sabatia/Eldama Ravine settlement scheme. In 1966 he moved to Kisumu as project manager of the Ahero Irrigation Project.