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Name: GILBERT, Leonard
Nee: bro of James Alan Gilbert and Helena Muriel Gilbert
Birth Date: 1887 Nantwich
Death Date: 20 Nov 1949 Mombasa
First Date: 1922
Profession: Accountant
Area: Box 282, Nairobi, Mombasa
Married: In Hammersmith 28 Dec 1910 Evelyn Margaret Brewer b. 12 Dec 1884 Preston, d. 18 Sep 1970 Bournemouth
Children: Joan Margaret (Rodway) (11 Oct 1911 Barnes-7 May 2003 Dorchester); Leonard Alan (12.12.1919 East Sheen-2.11.1966 Steeple, Purbeck, Dorset)
Book Reference: Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Karen 50, Legion, Red 22, Barnes
War Service: Royal Navy Air Service 1915-19; joined Kenya British Legion 1930
General Information:
Red 25 - Accountant, Nairobi Municipal Council 1921-23
Karen 50 - One of the original members of Karen Club in 1937 (Mr & Mrs)
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Leonard Gilbert, died 20 Nov 1949 age 60, On Mombasa Train, Shock and Haemorrhage from Multiple Injuries
KAD 1922 - Municipal Accountant, Nairobi. Red 31 has L. Gilbert, c/o Gill & Johnson, Nbi.
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Leonard Gilbert, Ngong Rd., Box 92, Nbi
President of the Golf Union of EA in 1938. President of Nairobi Golf Club in 1937. Captain of Nairobi Golf Club in 1930. President of Karen CC 1940-42
Gazette 30 May 1950 probate
Wife was Ladies' Champion Nairobi GC 1923
Golf - Anecdotes of Gilbert could be recounted almost without end but his character and personality are immortalised in the picture of him that now adorns the walls of Karen Country Club.