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'Settler' Deaths during the Emergency, 1952-1956
Posted by: William de Villiers (ID *****0080)	Date: January 29, 2008 at 12:25:38
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Many of us have seen it stated that 32 'settlers' were killed by Mau Mau members between the proclamation of a state of Emergency in October 1952 and 1 January 1956.

So who were they?

Here is a preliminary list (name / date of death)

1. EJN Bowyer 27 Oct 1952
2. CH Ferguson 1 Jan 1953
3. Richard Bingley 1 Jan 1953
4. Roger E. G. Ruck 24 Jan 1953
5. Dr. Esmee Ruck 24 Jan 1953
6. Master Michael Ruck 24 Jan 1953
7. Anthony Gibson 7 Feb 1953
8. Geoffrey Le Mesurier Lavers 21 Apr 1953
9. Mrs Nerena Meloncelli 25 Apr 1953
10. Miss Maria Meloncelli 25 Apr 1953
11. Master Mario Meloncelli 25 Apr 1953
12. James MacDougall 21 Jul 1953
13. GLG Shaw 18 Nov 1953
14. Master Andrew Stephens 4 Apr 1954
15. Dr Charles HR Pentreath 19 May 1954
16. JR Stephens 5 Jun 1954
17. Miss Rita Dorothy Violet Critchley 5 Jun 1954
18. Berkeley Matthews 18 Aug 1954
19. Mrs Mary Leakey 13 Oct 1954
20. Arundel Gray Leakey c.13 Oct 1954
21. Harold Gillespie Shotton 28 Dec 1954
22. Master Geoffrey Danby 20 Apr 1955
23. Master Christopher Robin Twohey 20 Apr 1955
24. Walter James Weaver c.30 Apr 1955

Any new names, comments, etc., would be gratefully received.

[Note that Mrs. Sarah Grimbeck (aged 90) died in Nakuru on 9 Aug 1962 - after the Emergency had ended.]

William

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Re: 'Settler' Deaths during the Emergency, 1952-1956 Anne Stafford 3/11/08
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Re: 'Settler' Deaths during the Emergency, 1952-1956 Robert Barnes 1/31/08
- Re: 'Settler' Deaths during the Emergency, 1952-1956 William de Villiers 1/31/08
  - Re: 'Settler' Deaths during the Emergency, 1952-1956 William de Villiers 1/31/08
Re: 'Settler' Deaths during the Emergency, 1952-1956 William de Villiers 1/29/08

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