Debrett - Major 56th (Wessex) Field Brigade RA (TA); European War 1914-19 (despatches, DSO)

East Africa & Rhodesia - 17/6/54 - The news published in this paper that Commander F.T. Hare, chairman of the African Transport Company group was selling his shares to the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., prior to retirement, calls attention to his courageous commercial pioneering. When he set out to provide omnibus services in East Africa 22 years ago, almost everyone told him that such ventures were bound to fail because practically all Europeans in the towns owned motor cars and Africans would not pay to travel when they could walk and save the fare. His reply was that development of the territories would rapidly increase the European, Asian and African population of the towns, that many of them would be glad to use public transport services, and that, from his experience gained in Devonshire, Jersey, Malta, and Cairo, he knew that he could operate buses efficiently and economically in Africa. So Kenya Bus Services Ltd., was formed in Nairobi in 1932 with 13 vehicles. The second, formed to serve Mombasa, began operations early in February, 1936. I remember the approximate date because, happening to arrive from Nairobi on the previous day, I was invited by Mr K.A. Brown, the managing director - who later became known throughout East Africa as "Bus" Brown - to be a passenger in the first bus.

DSO - London Gazette 17/4/17 - Temporary Major, Devonshire Regt. For conspicuous gallantry during a raid. It was largely owing to his initiative and courage that the operations met with such success. Previous to the raid he carried out two reconnaissances close to the enemy's wire, and brought back most valuable information.

Karen 50 - President of Karen CC in 1960/61

Gazette 8 Mar 1966 wife's probate

Gazette 12 June 1970 probate

Langata cemetery, Nairobi :in loving memory / of / Kenneth Arrowsmith Brown / March 1878 - May 1970 and Dorothy Dec 1890-1 Oct 1965