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Name: KIRK, Reginald Sinclair 'Rex'
Nee: son of Herbert Clifford Kirk of Kitale
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1913 Sergoit
Death Date: 6 May 2004 George, Western Cape, S. Africa
Profession: Mayor of Eldoret, auctioneer
Area: Kitale, Sergoit
Married: In Eldoret 14 June 1952 Hazel Mary Smith b. 22 Apr 1911 Milton, Kent, d. 24 Jan 2000 George, Western Cape (prev. m. to Edward Albert Mantle)
Children: no
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, 4, Kenton, Hut, Old Africa, mini-Sitrep XXVI
School: Kenton College - left 1927 for St. Andrews, Grahamstown
General Information:
Old Africa 4 Tim Hutchinson writes - In 1924 Capt. Finlay Ross Cramb opened Kenton School with 12 pupils amongst whom were Ken Cunningham, Rex Kirk, Hugh Lloyd, Eddy Sladen, Jim Nightingale and Pat Lawford. The school moved to Nairobi in 1934.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 172). Article in Sitrep 4 re. his military career. Was with the Kenya Defence Force in 1933.