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Name: WEST, Thomas Peter
Nee: son of Thomas Wilson and Olive West
Birth Date: 5 Jan 1923 Nairobi
Death Date: 29 July 2010 Nairobi
First Date: 1923
Profession: Engineer
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Thika 10 Jan 1953 Elizabeth Seccombe b. 4 July 1923 Truro, d. 13 Oct 2009 Nairobi (dau of George Degorie Seccombe)
Children: Susan Elizabeth (1955 Nairobi); Nicola Jane (1959 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Wed
War Service: KAR
School: Prince of Wales, Nairobi
General Information:
Info from Michael Buck: He joined P&T (later known as Kenya Posts and Telecommunications) 1940. Joined Kenya Regiment #3029, in 1941 and posted to the 4th King's African Rifles (Uganda) Battalion and later fought in Burma. Noted in Supplement to London Gazette 19 Sept 1946(4729) C. Sgt. T.P. West Selected to attend the Victory parade in London representing Kenya Regiment. Rejoined P&T Nairobi engineering Dept 1946.
Member of Old Cambrians Rugby team