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kenmorrison
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject: KIA 1965 Kenya - Military? |
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PHILIP McCLELLAN SMITH
Born 1926 Kirkgunzeon. KIA 14/9/1965 Kenya.
Family Grave in Kirkgunzeon Churchyard.
Not sure if there is any military connection. Not listed on Armed Forces Memorial nor by SNWM.
I assume he was killed during the "Mau Mau Emergency" so could have been police, police reserve, paramilitary, etc.
I'll check local paper but any other ideas?
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Adam Brown
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Adam Brown
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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I've just noticed the date is 1965 and not 1956... |
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kenmorrison
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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I assumed that this must have been connected to the Mau Mau as I couldn't think of another reason for a KIA -
memo to self, check dates!!
I've just found this on Wikipedia:
The Shifta War (1963–1967) was a secessionist conflict in which ethnic Somalis in the Northern Frontier District (NFD) of Kenya (a region that is and has historically been almost exclusively inhabited by ethnic Somalis[1][2][3]) attempted to join with their fellow Somalis in a Greater Somalia.
I'm now wondering if this man was a member of the Kenyan military.
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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If we cannot find out with certainty, I would rather see a doubtful one listed on the project than miss one who qualified.
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Adam Brown
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say that even if we never identify his unit the fact that he is listed as killed in action qualifies him for this project.
I've seen photographs of white officers in the Zambian army after independence so there's no reason to suppose Kenya was any different in the years after 1963 and I've found a reference that the Kenyan Army commander in 1966 was British.
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