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Name: BOWER, Lancelot Tregonwell Syndercombe OBE
Nee: bro of Philip Salkeld Syndercombe Bower and son of Captain Henry Gregory Syndercombe Bower of Fontmell Parva, Dorset
Birth Date: 7 July 1895 Los Chilenos, Tornquist, Argentina
Death Date: 6 Nov 1979 Malindi
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1979
Profession: Farmer
Area: 1910 Suguroi. Hut - 1922 Farm 762B Pesi, Gilgil, Rumuruti
Married: In Kiambu 1927 Martha Frances Hallowes of Ruiru, b. 3 Oct 1903 Bareilly, d. 17 Sep 1983 Malindi (dau. of Francis William and Martha Hallowes)
Children: Thomas Syndercombe (5 Nov 1930 Nairobi-19 Apr 1992 Lisbon); Denis Syndercombe (Nairobi 1 Mar 1938)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Wed, Baptism, Red 22, Web, SS, Gazette, Barnes
War Service: EAMR in WW1
School: Repton
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
Web - Commissioned into the 3rd Bn. Dorsetshire Regt. 15/8/1914; Lieut. 2/2/1915; on the Western Front Jan-May 1915, (during Feb-Apr att. 1st Lincolns) when he was wounded and lost his right arm. He returned to France as a Staff Captain in June 1916 attached to 2nd Armr Railheads, Amiens area; OBE 1915. After the war he farmed for a while at Siguroi Estate, Rumuruti, Kenya (1920-45), then retired to Fontmell Parva, Childe Okeford, Dorset. They left the UK 1951 and farmed at Gararagua Estate, Sanya Juu, Moshi, Tanzania until 1964 when they retired to Malindi, Kenya
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. H.G.S. Bower, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset - Farm 173 - Representative Major E.P.H. Pardoe, Kampi Simba, Sergoit, Uasin Gishu.
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. L.T.S. Bower, OBE, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset - Farm 762 - Representative, Major E.P.H. Pardoe, Kampi Simba, Sergoit, Uasin Gishu
Gazette 12/4/1922 - Brands Registered during quarter ending 31/3/1922 - L.T.S. Bower, Farm No 762B, PO Suguroi, Laikipia - V7X
Malindi Makaburini Road cemetery - L.T.S. Bower, OBE - 7th July 1895 - 6th November 1979 AND Martha Francis Bower - 3/10/1903 - 17/9/1983
Red 25 has L.T.S. Bower, Settler, P.O. Suguroi.
Red 31 has L.T.S. Bower, Rumuruti,
Hut - L.T.S. Bower Farm 762 Sungari
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Lancelot Tregonwell Syndercombe Bower, Farmer PO Laikipia
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