Summary of Harold Owen's memoirs of his farming days in Kenya
Summary by John Owen of his uncle Harold Owen's memoirs of his farming days in Kenya from 1929 to 1965 with scanned photographs included.
Dates
- Creation: 2024
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 23666, page 1].
Shelfmark:
MS. 23666
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 23666
Abstract
Summary of Harold Owen's memoirs of his farming days in Kenya.
Biographical / Historical
Harold Owen was born in Hornsey, London, in 1903. In 1929 he answered an advertisement from Lord Kitchener seeking a manager for a sisal estate in Kenya. He managed the estate near Moi's Bridge for one year and then bought his own farm near Kitale aerodrome. He was called up into the Kenya Defence Force in 1940 and served in Nairobi and Mogadishu. He was demobilized in 1942 and returned to his farm until 1965 when he moved to South Africa. He died in Cape Town in 2001.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian by John Owen in 2024.
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of Summary of Harold Owen's Memoirs of his Farming Days in Kenya
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Lucy McCann
- Date
- 2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition.
Repository Details
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