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Name: BOBY, Louis Gerald
Nee: son of Captain Henry John Boby RN
Birth Date: 1896 South Stoneham, Hampshire
Death Date: 4 June 1939 Lambeth, London
First Date: 1928
Profession: Journalist; Club Secretary
Area: Nanyuki
Married: In Nyeri 19 Oct 1928 Lillian May Rees b. 1 May 1894, d. 9 Feb 1972 Llandeilo, Carmarthen (dau. of William Rees)
Children: June (16 June 1930 Sheffield); Sally (1932)
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Wed, Flight
General Information:
Flight Magazine 23 Aug 1928 - Commander L. Mansfield Robinson, accompanied by Mr Graham Dawson, flew from Nairobi to Nanyuki, on Jun 23 in a DH 'Moth' Aeroplane on a short fishing trip. ……………….. Through the courtesy of Mr Boby of the Nanyuki Polo Club, a smudge fire was burning on the polo ground on which a landing was to be made ………