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Name: BARKAS, Phyllis Hannah, Mrs
Nee: Kingston
Birth Date: 12 June 1897 Low Fell, Durham
Profession: Founder member of the EAWL in Nanyuki - 1926. Brig. Barkas retired to a farm outside Nanyuki, on the Doldol road - after WW2
Area: Nanyuki
Married: In Castle Ward, Northumberland 27 July 1919 Brigadier Thomas Leslie 'Sweetie' Barkas (1894-1966), last Garrison commander at Meru
Children: Anthony Charles Kingston 'Rogue' (1920 Newcastle upon Tyne-3 Feb 2009)
Book Reference: Seventy, Foster, Mischief
General Information:
Mischief - an upright and ever-vigilant member of Muthaiga Club. She saw Erroll dancing with Diana at Torrs Hotel. ........ played backgammon and bridge with Broughton. .......... at dinner at Muthaiga with Broughton etc on the night of Erroll's murder