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Name: WOODLEY, Charles William Clive de Medewe
Nee: eldest son of Frank Mascotte de Medewe Woodley
Birth Date: 13 July 1906 Pretoria
Death Date: 23 Apr 1937 killed in mining accident at Lolgorien. Buried Lolgorien Hill
First Date: 1919
Last Date: 1937
Profession: Killed in a gold mining accident at Lolgorien. The cable taking a lift cage down the mine shaft broke and the cage fell 300 ft. Clive and his companion John Payne share a common grave and headstone near the site.
Area: Nairobi, Lolgorien
Married: At bridegroom's house, Lolgorien 11 Jan 1937 Marie Leonie Jorre de St Jorre
Book Reference: Sundown
General Information:
Gazette 18 May 1937 probate
A keen boxer and athlete
Red 31 - KUR
EAS 27 Apr 1937 Accident at Kenya Consolidated Goldfield Blue Ray Mine at Lolgorien resulted in the death of three people, two Europeans and an African. They were descending the mine when a portion of the winding gear known as the jockey jammed and fell 180 feet into the bucket where the men were. This caused the bucket to become detached and it fell, the the occupants being killed. The bucket was capable of taking between 10 and 12 cwt so that three people represented only about half its normal capacity. Woodley and his companion were married comparatively recently. Woodley received his education in Nairobi and was born in South Africa in 1906, the son of Frank Woodley of Nairobi who came to East Africa during the war. His mother had died and he was brought up to Nairobi by his grandmother. He was a fine allround athlete and was the first boy to win the boxing flyweight championship. Also a fair cricketer and a good rifle shot. He had been at the Lolgorien Goldfields for about three years.