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Name: SANDWITH, William Michael Gambier QPM, CPM

Nee: son of the Rev William Fitzgerald Gambier Sandwith

Birth Date: 11 July 1908 Holborn, London

Death Date: 4 May 1980 Nairobi

First Date: 1930

Profession: Police

Area: Thika 1939, Nairobi, Marsabit

Married: In Limuru 7 July 1934 (div. 1947) Mary Philippa Monckton b. 22 Sep 1912 (dau. of P. Monckton of Limuru, later Mrs Smail) related to the Earl of Galway, sis. of Philip Anthony and Guy Leonard Monckton; 2. In Chelsea 15 Apr 1948 Marion Catherine MacNaughton Yuile b. 2 Aug 1911, d. 4 Sep 1968 Nairobi (prev. m. Ernest Charles Henry Featherstone 1902-1969)

Children: Caroline Ann (16 Aug 1938)

Book Reference: Police, Staff 39, Staff 53, Reece, Hut, Colonial, O&C, Burke

School: Eton College and Jesus College Cambridge 1927-28

General Information:

Balwant Rai - Prosecution witness at the trial of Balwant Rai and others - 1942 - Asst. Superintendent, Kenya Police CID
Police - Asst. Superintendent, Kenya Police in 1939, appointed 1930. Originally Cadet, Asst. Supdt. 1930. Asst. Commissioner of Police in 1953. Senior Asst. Commissioner 1954; Dep. Commissioner 1954-59
Gazette 18 July 1980 probate

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