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Name: BUTCHER, Edward Leopold
Nee: bro of James Francis and John Ernest Butcher; son of Laura Florence Butcher
Birth Date: 14.2.1896 Hove
Death Date: 22.5.1950 Nairobi
First Date: 1919
Profession: Farmer - sisal, later at Mitubiri, near Thika - coffee, poultry and forestry
Area: Naivasha, Songhor, Mitubiri
Married: In Sussex 1932 Elsie Mary Frost b. 8 Aug 1897, d. 11 Oct 1975 Newport, Isle of Wight
Children: Edward Gerald
Book Reference: EAWL, Red 25, Bur, Red 22, Red 31
War Service: Royal Field Artillery in WW!; Camp Commandant, Italian P.O.W. Camp, Embakasi 1941-45
General Information:
After Ted's death Elsa managed the Lake Hotel, Naivasha and, later, Eldoret Hotel. She died in England about 1972. Source - P.J. Butcher
KR 1559
Nairobi City Park Burial Register - Edward Leopold Butcher, age 52, died 22/5/1950
Red 25 has E. Butcher (Junior), Chania Bridge
Chania Bridge, Thika, Hut - 1925 Karingalele Est. Thika
During WW2, 1941 to 1945, Edward was the Camp Commandant at the Italian Prisoner of War Camp in Embakasi. Farmer-sisal later at Mitubiri, near Thika- coffee, poultry and forestry