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Name: BRODIE, Walter Malcolm (Corporal)
Birth Date: 18 May 1872 Richmond, Yorks
Death Date: 1958 Bristol
Nationality: British
First Date: 1895
Last Date: 1898
Profession: Feb. 1897 - placed in charge of a transport depot in the Kikuyu Forest in what is now the Westlands area of Nairobi. In May he handed over to Corporal, later Sergeant George Ellis
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Bangor 1910 Elizabeth Ann Hughes b. 10 June 1889 Wales, d. 15 Nov 1977 Billericay
Children: Neil Malcolm (10 Oct 1910 Malta-1964); Mary Edith (7 Apr 1912 Plumstead); Brenda (1914 Woolwich)
Book Reference: Best, North, Mills Railway
War Service: 38th Field Company RE
General Information:
North - From Wallsend on Tyne; Member of the Capt. B.L. Sclater road building party 1895; Taro camp 27-7-1895, Mau Sept. 1896; attached to the Maj. J.R.L. Macdonald "Jubaland" expedition to the Upper Nile, dep Mombasa July 1897; Active service during mutiny of Sudanese in Uganda 1897-98; Arr. Luba's 7-12-1897; With EAP troops in Uganda based at Foweira July 1898; Arr. UK from Mombasa 14-11-1898
Mills Railway - In February 1897 Corporal Brodie was given charge of the depot where he remined until May and thereby established his claim to be the second European resident {of Nairobi} .….…. When Brodie left the Westlands depot, he was succeeded by another of Sclater's team, Corporal Ellis. Ellis, who was promoted Sergeant at about this time, remained in charge until April 1898 and it was probably the length of his stay that gave rise to the legend that he was the first European resident of Nairobi.