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Name: WATNEY, Charles Wanford (Col.)
Birth Date: 3 Dec 1880 Brighton
Death Date: 24 Dec 1958 Turbo Valley, Kenya
First Date: 1930
Profession: Ex-military; farmer
Area: Matunda Turbo
Married: 1. In Figheldean, Wiltshire 13 Dec 1905 Rhoda Mary Allport b. 30 Sep 1883 Cork, d. 2 Feb 1966 Laurieston, Kirkudbrightshire (div.1924); 2. Helen Marie August, b. 15 Mar 1890, d. 1970
Children: Joan Mary (29 Jan 1907 Madras-1967 Saltash); Dennis (1912 Peshawar-1914 Peshawar-1917 India); Doreen Margaret (Muir) (6 Aug 1915 Tandhyani-1982 Braco, Perthshire); Peter (3 May 1922 Woking-20 Aug 2012 Canberra)
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut
War Service: 2nd Boer War; Indian Army in WW1
General Information:
Gazette 10 Mar 1959 probate
British officer in the Indian Army