View entry
Name: SMALLWOOD, Gerald Russell CB, DSO, MC (Major-General)
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1889 Kings Norton
Death Date: 2 Feb 1977 Nairobi
First Date: 1930
Profession: Military
Area: 'Oraimutia', Ol Joro Orok; 'Kichaka', Karen
Married: In Solihull 2 Oct 1913 Beatrice May Wade b. 9 Nov 1885 Solihull, d. 22 Dec 1981 Nairobi
Children: Yvonne Beatrice Geraldine (21 July 1914 Solihull-1996); Charles Anthony Russell (5 Feb 1917 Solihull-1987); Robert Evelyn (13 Feb 1920 Solihull-2013)
Book Reference: KFA, Debrett, Hut
General Information:
Debrett - Maj.-Gen. (retired), late E. Yorkshire Regt.; European War 1914-19 in France and Belgium (despatches twice, MC, 1914 star with clasp, 2 medals), Palestine 1936-9 (medal with clasp), European War 1939-43 in Middle East, E. Africa, and Madagascar (despatches twice, DSO, CB)
Barnes Langata cem, Nairobi - gives dates, and also Beatrice May (no dates) in / loving memory / Major General / Gerald Russell Smallwood / C.B., D.S.O., M.C
Son C.A.R Russell was Japanese PoW in WW2