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Name: VEASEY, Robert Francis 'Bob' (Captain RN)
Birth Date: 27 May 1883 Baldock, Herts.
Death Date: 8 Oct 1964 Nakuru
First Date: 1933
Last Date: 1964
Profession: Farmer
Area: Molo, 1930 Mau Summit, 1926 Mau Summit
Married: In Hatfield 1915 Eva Frances Jesser Coope b. 24 Nov 1893 Staines, d. 17 Mar 1983 Thurlaston Rugby, Warks.
Children: Elizabeth Bligh (Howard) (1927 Worcester-8 July 2017); Rosemary Frances (Byers); Ruth (Draffan)
Book Reference: Frampton, Red 31, Hut, Peerage, Rift Valley, Web, Barnes, Golf
War Service: RN 1896-1912, 1914-1918
General Information:
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 20 Mar 1926 - Comdr. R. Veasy RN ??
Web - Served in RN 1896-1912; rejoined RN and attached to Government Steel Inspection Unit (1914-18); retired from RN and started a career in faming in Kenya 1925; rejoined RN 1940; Naval Officer-in-Charge, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1941; Sea Transport Officer, later Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Aden 1941-43; Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Port Said, Egypt 1943; retired pay 1943.
St. Alban's Church, Molo graveyard - Robert Veasey, Capt. RN, died 1964
Molo - Member of Molo Golf Club - Capt. Bob Veasey RN - Farmer, Mau Summit and his wife Elizabeth
Frampton - cheerful looking with very blue eyes
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
Gazette 23 Mar 1965 probate
Golf - Helped with the Highlands Hotel Golf course in the early 30's. Captain of the Highlands GC in 1933, 1946
Gazette 8 Dec 1964 probate
1939 England and Wales Register living in Plympton St Mary, Devon, with wife, as retired naval officer