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Name: WILSON, Henry John Elwes
Birth Date: 14 July 1908 Edinburgh (?1905)
Death Date: 27 Jan 1961
First Date: 1930
Profession: Baker. Farmer
Area: Kipkabus, Eldoret
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Red 31, Hut
General Information:
Red 31 has H.J.E. Wilson Senr., Kipkabus and H.J.E. Wilson, Box 1044, Eldoret.
Hut - H.J.E. Wilson 1930 Eldoret
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll has 2 - senior and junior, senior is baker at Eldoret and junior is farmer at Kipkabus (by 1948 he was also a baker and sold the Eldoret Bakery) - Gazette 21 May 1946
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 334).
Gazette 14 Feb 1961 probate
His father Henry John Elwes Wilson (31 Jan 1874 Edinburgh-24 Aug 1946 Eldoret, married to Helen Simpson who d. 14 May 1921 Edinburgh) also lived in Kenya.