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Name: DICKENS, William Hyde 'Dickie' OBE (Capt.)

Birth Date: 16 Oct 1885 Flicksburg, Orange Free State

Death Date: 8 July 1953 Limuru

First Date: 1903

Last Date: 1953

Profession: An early settler, he was manager for Karen von Blixen at Karen for many years, and was well known in the Nairobi district where he farmed latterly

Area: Karen, later Nairobi district, 1925 Ngong, 1937 Kageera Estate Limuru, 1922 Solai, Lado Enclave

Married: Mildred Urith Lonsdale Robertson b. 12 Aug 1900, d. 29 Jan 1953 Limuru

Children: Anne (Ballardis who was with the National Bank of India in Tanganyika)

Book Reference: Gillett, North, Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Pioneers, Red 22, Gazette, Medals, North, SKP, Barnes, Red Book 1912, LG, Adventurers

War Service: WW1 with EAMR - C Sqdn. 12/2/15 - To EASC and then SA Brigade in GEA

General Information:

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kapsabet
Pre war member of Brackenhurst Golf Club.
Medals - East Africa Army Service Corps - EAMR, No. 537
North - arr. Mombasa from SA with Russel on the ss Prasident intending to settle 5/6/1903; returned to Mombasa from south 7/8/1904; Firearm registered at Nairobi, April-June 1905
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived July 1904 - Limuru
Barnes - Limuru Cemetery - Willie Hyde Dickens, 'Dickie', died 8th July 1953, aged 68
Red Book 1912 - W.H. Dickens - Nandi London
Gazette - 18 Nov 1918 - OBE for distinguished service in connection with military operations in East Africa - Captain Willie Hyde Dickens, EA Supply Corps
Block Notes - 1903ish - I walked the 17 miles into Nairobi and Mr Marcus sold me a double furrow and rude sack plough made in Germany. Six oxen I purchased from a Mr Dickens who had the farm where the present Mathari Hospital now stands.
North has Dickens - Arr. Mombasa from SA with Russel on the ss Prasident intending to settle 5-6-1903
Chandler - An elephant hunter in the Lado Enclave, Dickens was hunting with Knowles when their camp was attacked one night in 1908 by angry tribesmen. Dickens was wounded in the leg by an arrow but recovered.
Adventurers - Lado Enclave - 1909 - 'Dickens and Knowles had had a pretty bad row with the natives and that Dickens had been wounded in the leg by an arrow …'
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters List
Gazette 29 Dec 1953 wife's probate and husband's probate
 

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