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Name: BARRY, Oswald Charles Merriman DSO (Captain RN)

Nee: son of Sir Jacob Dirk Barry, bro of Nathaniel James Merriman and Arthur Joseph Barry

Birth Date: 24 Feb 1871 Grahamstown, Cape Colony

Death Date: 4 Dec 1923 at sea, on board SS Guildford Castle

Nationality: British

First Date: 1889 (HMS Turquoise) and in 1912 as a settler

Last Date: 1923

Profession: Farmer

Area: 1920 Amboni Falls Nyeri, 1925 Nanyuki

Married: In Yetminster, Dorset 10 July 1905 Grace Mary Fincham Hertslet b. 1884, d. 16 Jan 1951 Mombasa

Children: Mona (Byng) (7 Apr 1906 Stellenbosch); Oswald Frank Xavier (20 Aug 1908 Stellenbosch); Mary Agnes (Peel) (30 June 1911 Stellenbosch); Elizabeth Grace (14 Dec 1915 S. Africa-5 Sep 1937 Nyeri)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, North, Red 22, DSO, Peerage, SS

School: St. Andrew's, Grahamstown and HMS Britannia, Dartmouth

General Information:

Red 22 - Brilliant Star of Zanzibar; medals, Arab Rebellion 1896, West Coast, Farmer, timber saw milling

North - Whilst Lieut. RN in 1895 - HMS Racoon - Engaged in attacks on Sokoki and Arabuku during Mbarak rebellion June 1895; Commanding carrier escort during attack on Mweli Aug 1895

Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Commdr. O.C.M. Barry, DSO, RN, Junior Naval and Military Club, Piccadilly W1 - Farm 1549

KAD 1922 - President, Mount Kenya Association.

Gazette - 12/3/1924 - Probate and Administration - Oswald Charles Merriman Barry late of Nyeri who died at sea on 4th December 1923.

Gazette - 27/2/1924 - Electoral Register - Barry, Oswald Charles Merriman, Farmer, Nyeri

Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Oswald Charles Merriman Barry, Farmer PO Nyeri

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