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Name: BUCHANAN, Ronald Gray
Birth Date: 3 June 1883 Bromley, Kent
Death Date: 5 Oct 1925 Kaptien, Kericho
First Date: 1915
Last Date: 1925
Profession: Farmer
Area: Farm 1, Kapien, Kericho, 1925 Chepswareta Est. Kericho, Buchanan Ests. Sotik
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Gazette, Mountains, Red 19
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - E Sqdn. 21/9/14 - 10/12/14 - To Police Mil. Service Battn.
General Information:
Red 22 - Chapswareta Est., Kericho
Gazette - 11/8/1915 - Appt. - EA Police (Military Service Battalion) - To be Lieutenant - Tpr. Ronald Grey Buchanan, EAMR
Mountains - '…. Ron Buchanan, who became a close friend {of H.W. Tilman}, was another soldier settler; he had worked in Nairobi before the War, and having served in the KAR he knew something of the native languages. His cousin Robin Sneyd and a man names McWalter made up the small group of ex-service settlers in the immediate neighbourhood, within a couple of miles of one another. .{near Kericho}
Gazette 21/4/1920 - Registration of Brands - Chapswareta Estate, Kericho - T2B
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Ronald Gray Buchanan - Farmer - Kericho
Red Book 1919 - District Committees - Naivasha - R. Buchanan
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Gazette - 13/9/1927 - Probate and Administration - Ronald Gray Buchanan late of Londiani who died at Kaptien near Kericho on 5 October 1925