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Name: BENTON, Ronald Stewart
Birth Date: 8 July 1914 St Ives
Death Date: 27 Nov 1994 South Africa
First Date: 1933
Profession: Kenya Police
Area: Kiminini, Kitale, Songhor, Nairobi 1939, Thika
Married: Edna Grace Wiborg b. 30 July 1912 Calcutta, nurse
Children: Irene Claire (1944); Gillian (22 Feb 1946)
Book Reference: Habari 16, 27, Sitrep 1,2, Staff 39, Staff 53, Baptism
General Information:
Staff 53 - Superintendent in 1953. Originally 2nd Grade Asst. Insp. 1938
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937 (KR 355)
Out of a job in early 1938 and joined Police and served until Independence. Asst. Inspector, Kenya Police in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally 2nd Grade Asst. Insp. 1938.