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Name: MACKAIN-BREMNER, Alexander Fergus OBE (Col.)
Birth Date: 1929 Brentford
First Date: 1957
Last Date: 1960
Profession: Regimental Signals Officer and Adjutant 11th King's African Rifles
Area: Nanyuki, Nairobi
Married: 1. In Horsham 1951 Susan Platt (dau of Charles Platt of Dimilil, Naro Moru); 2 . In Kensington 1991 Dawn V. Conington
Children: 2 daughters; 4 sons
Book Reference: KAR, Rhino Link 20
War Service: 11th KAR
School: Rokeby Prep School, Berkhamsted School, RMA Sandhurst
General Information:
Rhino Link 20 - 'Fergus Mackain-Bremner describes his family background as "military bucolic", which seems an accurate summing-up of his own career too. Including his sons, ten of his family were commissioned from Sandhurst. Four of his senior relatives were killed during the 1914-18 war. Following Berkhampsted School, where he was Head of House and an Under Officer in the CCF, Fergus entered Sandhurst in January 1948 ……( lots more)
OBE 1972