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Name: PREST, Harold Edward Westray 'John'
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1890 Beckenham
Death Date: 5 Jan 1955 Chinthurst, Surrey
First Date: 1928
Profession: Company director
Area: Njoro
Married: In Surrey 1944 Alice Lauriston b. 13 Nov 1915 Middlebrough
Book Reference: Golf, Njoro, Rift Valley
War Service: Royal Berks. Regt.
School: Malvern, Pembroke Coll. Cambridge
General Information:
Njoro - Golf Champion 1928; The Burton Cup 1932 - W.W. McKinlay & Mrs H.E.W. Prest and 1933 N.D. Spranger and Mrs H.E.W. Prest
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 20 Dec 1927 - H.E.W. Prest
Mention of him playing golf at Njoro in 1928 - Handicap +2. Represented Cambridge at Golf in 1911 and also at cricket, Football, Tennis and Racquets. Njoro Golf Club Champion in 1928
1939 England and Wales Register living in Guildford as company director
Has an entry in Wikipedia about his sporting and wartime career - does not mention Kenya