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Name: BIRKETT, Norman Wreford
Birth Date: 17 May 1893 Chislehurst
Death Date: July 1946 Droxford
First Date: 1919
Profession: BEADOC, formerly engineer
Area: Kericho
Married: In Ealing 25 Nov 1919 Kathleen Wells b. 30 Aug 1892 Appleton, Berks., d. 1984 Droxford
Children: Sobryan Ivan C. (17 Sep 1919); John Evelyn Wreford (27 Mar 1922 Nakuru-22 June 1943 killed in action RCAF); Caryll (1926); Jeremy (1929)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Red 31, Hut, Nicholls
War Service: East Kent Regt.
School: London Univ.
General Information:
Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Norman Wreford Birkett - Settler, Gani biris - Kericho
Red 25 - c/o National Bank of India Ltd., Nairobi
Nicholls - BEADOC - The men cleared their land, and built a dam, factory and temporary houses for themselves. Then they were joined by their wives, the first of them the spouses of Hugo Daly and Norman Birkett.
Hut also has N.M. Birkett 1928 Muhoroni ex BEADOC married to Kathleen
1939 England and Wales Register living in East Ashford, Kent, with wife, as Managing Director Co. of Drycleaners