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Thomas Herbert Elliot Jackson (Pinkie) involvement in East African conflict

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:20 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

THE Jackson (known as Pinkie), had been in the Kenya Defence Force in 1930, before it became the Kenya African Rifles. He was initially with the East African Renaissance Squadron (EARS) along with his brother-in-law Bill Symes and then took charge of setting up the Turkana Irregulars to protect against potential Italian attacks.

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Photos and biography of Pinkie. Details of his activities along with a couple of letters he wrote to his sister Ysobel Symes.

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Thomas Herbert Elliot Jackson (known as Pinkie)

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Nick Symes

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My Great Uncle

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Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

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