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Name: VETCH, Robert Arthur Douglas MC 'Robin'
Nee: son of Helena Eliza Vetch who later m. Herbert Schofield
Birth Date: 1908 Paddington, London
Death Date: 11 Nov 1954 Nyeri
First Date: 1927
Last Date: 1954
Profession: Coffee planter
Area: Nyeri, Kilimaru Estate
Married: 1. In Marylebone 1945 Daphne Burke b. 1921 Cardiff, d. 15 Sep 1946 Nairobi; 2. ?
Children: Grahame Francis Hamilton (1946); Stuart; Neville Robert Michael (4 Mar 1954-18 Feb 1956)
Book Reference: EA & Rhodesia, Baptism, Barnes
War Service: 51st Highland Division
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 2/12/54 - Mr Robin Vetch, a Kenya coffee planter since 1927, who has died in Nyeri at the age of 46, served during the war with the 51st Highland Division at El Alamein and in Tunis, Sicily, Normandy and Germany.
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Daphne Vetch, died 15 Sep 1946 aged 25. Inscription: in lasting memory of / my beloved wife / Daphne Vetch / daughter of Major and Mrs Burke / who fell asleep / on 15th Sept 1946 / aged 26 years and so goodnight, my dearest heart. God bless you
St. Peter's, Nyeri cemetery - Robert Arthur Douglas Vetch MC, my darling sweet and gentle Robin, adored father of Grahame, Stuart and Neville and eldest son of Mrs Schofield, who suddenly fell asleep on 11 November 1954 aged 45, "God took you from our home but never from our hearts, and so goodnight my dearest love, God bless you". AND Neville Robert Michael Vetch : Inscription: in sacred and loving memory / of / Neville Robert Michael / Vetch / most adored baby of / Robin and Jean / only lent to us from 4.3.1954 - 18.2.1956 / God also took you / from our home / but never / from our hearts
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Daphne Vetch, died 15 Sep 1946 aged 25. Inscription: in lasting memory of / my beloved wife / Daphne Vetch / daughter of Major and Mrs Burke / who fell asleep / on 15th Sept 1946 / aged 26 years and so goodnight, my dearest heart. God bless you
St. Peter's, Nyeri cemetery - Robert Arthur Douglas Vetch MC, my darling sweet and gentle Robin, adored father of Grahame, Stuart and Neville and eldest son of Mrs Schofield, who suddenly fell asleep on 11 November 1954 aged 45, "God took you from our home but never from our hearts, and so goodnight my dearest love, God bless you". AND Neville Robert Michael Vetch : Inscription: in sacred and loving memory / of / Neville Robert Michael / Vetch / most adored baby of / Robin and Jean / only lent to us from 4.3.1954 - 18.2.1956 / God also took you / from our home / but never / from our hearts
Gazette 25 Jan 1955 probate