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Name: PUDSEY, Denison DSO (Lieut.-Col.)
Nee: son of Col. Henry Fawcett Pudsey
Birth Date: 1876 Hull
Death Date: 18 Nov 1940 Kitale
First Date: 1930
Profession: Farmer, Kitale
Area: St Dennis Dale Est., Kitale
Book Reference: Red 31, Debrett, Hut, DSO, Barnes, KFA
War Service: Lieut.-Col. retired RA and Reserve of Officers; European War 1914-18 (despatches, DSO, Order of Wen Hu of China).
General Information:
DSO - 2nd Lt. R.A. 12/5/00; Capt. 12/5/13; ret. pay 27/12/13; Maj. 16/11/15; was on the outbreak of the war attached to the late Lord Kitchener's staff as Interpreter in China. He at once rejoined the Army, and was placed in charge of the British Legation Guard at Pekin. A few months later he carried Despatches to Petrograd, on his way to England. He was put to train batteries in England, and then proceeded with the RFA to France and later to Salonika; Despatches twice.
Kitale cemetery - Denison Pudsey - died 18 Nov 1940
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
KFA - Director of Kenya Farmers' Association 1927 and in the 30's
Gazette 25 Mar 1941 probate