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Somerset Lookup Requests / Re: Leonard R Brown 1921 (1923)
« on: Wednesday 04 May 16 23:53 BST (UK)  »
1939 Register - The National Archives
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Somerset Lookup Requests / Re: Leonard R Brown 1921 (1923)
« on: Wednesday 04 May 16 10:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi brionne, That one seems to fit, marriage date ties up with Leonard except the E think that should be G. Whats puzzling me now is why Joyce in the 1939 is listed as Sanders/Brown, she certainly was'nt married then as she was only 15.

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Somerset Lookup Requests / Re: Leonard R Brown 1921 (1923)
« on: Wednesday 04 May 16 04:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi brionne,
Thanks for the information, Joyce Sanders is correct her sister Freda married Cyril Williams in1942. Not sure about Leonard Roy though, the birth date is wrong. His death was 2002 aged 78 which would make his birth 23/24. I also remember that he had a very strong west country accent which leeds us back to Truro but that date is suspicious.

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Somerset Lookup Requests / Leonard R Brown 1921 (1923)
« on: Tuesday 03 May 16 08:21 BST (UK)  »
Looking for any information on Leonard Roy Brown born 1921, Truro. There are 2 births listed, one is for Kearsley-Brown the other for Brown both with same  mother  " Williams"  Truro 5c 196 . He was an uncle and I've never heard the Kearsley name before so assume one must be a transcription error.
He married Joyce W Sanders in 1945 in London and they had a daughter in 1948. Leonard Roy and Joyce died in 2002 in Yeovil.
I would like to confirm Leonard Roy's birth details and maybe his parents. Also he was a high ranking police officer in the Kenya police force probably between 1948 and 1960 during the Mau Mau uprising. I have been trying to find his police record but no success yet. Thanks.

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Other Countries / Re: Nairobi. Kenya
« on: Tuesday 03 May 16 00:26 BST (UK)  »
I think the Somerset death is the right one, just a transcription error as with the birth.

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Other Countries / Re: Nairobi. Kenya
« on: Monday 02 May 16 09:26 BST (UK)  »
Thanks brionne for the info. I am aware of the 2 birth registrations but he never used the Leonard of Kearsley names as far as I know.

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Other Countries / Re: Nairobi. Kenya
« on: Sunday 01 May 16 10:25 BST (UK)  »
Yes he often mentioned the Mau Mau problem. As far as I know by what I was told he was a police chief in either Nairobi or Mombasa. There is a record that may be him returning to England in 1949 but I remember him from the mid 50s to the 60s. he was married in 1945 and had a daughter in 1948. I presume that he kept going to and fro between England and Kenya but I have only found the one immigration record to England so far. I do not know if he was a uk policeman.

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Other Countries / Re: Nairobi. Kenya
« on: Sunday 01 May 16 07:37 BST (UK)  »
His name is Leonard Roy Brown. born 1921 Cornwall, England. died 2002 Somerset, England.

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Other Countries / Nairobi. Kenya
« on: Sunday 01 May 16 03:57 BST (UK)  »
You know how it is, you have childhood memories of an uncle or aunt but later in life you can't put them all together and produce results. Thats the delemer  I'm facing now.
I have vivid memories of an uncle, who I must of only met 4 or 5 times, and what I was told about him at the time. I was told that he was a high ranking member of the Kenya police force broberly between 1950 and 1960, I have trolled the internet to try and find more information about him and his career in East Africa but have drawn a complete blank. I have his birth, marriage and death records but thats all. Does anyone know of an archive that I can search to find the details I am looking for? Thanks.

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