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Name: OSWALD, Robert Reid 'Sandy'
Birth Date: 1893 Glasgow
Death Date: 1956 Nairobi
First Date: 1918
Last Date: 1956
Profession: Partner in Muter & Oswald and later established 'R.R. Oswald', Estate Agent
Area: Box 176, Nairobi, 1930 c/o Muter & Oswald, Nbi.
Married: 1920 Mrs Mary 'Molly' Kemp White née Bell b. 1891, d. 1986)
Children: Gordon Bell Reid (1925-23 Jan 1950 Poole, Bournemouth Isolation Hospital); Jean May (Butcher) (1929 Kenya)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, EAWL, Red 31, Macmillan, Red 22, Barnes
War Service: WW1 in RASC as Lieut. Mentioned in despatches. WW2 as Major, mentioned in despatches
School: Glasgow
General Information:
Red 25 - Hon. Treasurer and Member of Council Football Association of Kenya.
Estate Agent, Valuer, Surveyor. Partner in the firm Muter and Oswald and later his own firm R.R. Oswald, Estate Agents. Source:- Mrs J. Butcher
Red 22 - Secretary, The Caledonian Society of Kenya Colony
Barnes - Nairobi City Park Cemetery - Robert Reid Oswald, died 18 Jun 1956 aged 62
KAD 1922 - Member of Council, Club Representative, Football Association of Kenya - Caledonian Sports Club.
Red 25 has Oswald, Box 257, Nairobi.
Red 25 - Hon. Secretary, Caledonian Society of Kenya
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Robert Reid Oswald, Auctioneer, Belfield Rd., Nbi
Source: P.J. Butcher