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Name: HILL, Samuel Ramsay MC

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Birth Date: 9.11.1881 Edinburgh

Death Date: 30.7.1963 Bournemouth

First Date: 1904

Profession: Joined BEA Police Force, Superintendent Prisons Mombasa 1911.

Area: Mombasa, Nairobi;

Married: In Edinburgh 4 Apr 1913 Isabella Fyfe Ramsay b. 5 Oct 1885 Kinettles, Forfarshire, d. Jan 1972 Arbory, Isle of Man

Children: Isabel Ramsay (Kettley) (29 May 1914 Mombasa-1996); John Elliot Scott (15 Oct 1920 Nairobi-26 June 1983 Sussex)

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Cuckoo, KAD, Red 25, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, Gazette, North, EAHB 1907, Colonial, Red Book 1912, LG, Red 19

General Information:

Cuckoo - 1906 - Superintendent of Nbi. Prison. (story of European prisoner who did a Houdini (p.298)
HBEA 1912 - Asst. Superintendent and Gaoler 1st Grade, Mombasa.
KAD 1922 - Superintendent, Mombasa Prison.  
KAD 1922 has S.R. Hill, Hon. Secretary, Mombasa Golf Club
Red 25 - Asst. Commissioner of Prisons and Superintendent of Nairobi Prison - 1 Feb 1923 - May 1928
Red 25 - S.C. Hill MC Prison Dept., Nbi
Drumkey 1909 - Head Gaoler, Nairobi Prison
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, The Caledonian Society of BEA
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Mombasa - Jail Dept.
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - Mombasa Defence Force - To be Ordnance Officer with rank of Lieutenant - S.R. Hill
North - Appt. Gaoler Nairobi 16-6-1905
EAHB 1907 - S.J. Hill - Head Gaoler, Nairobi Gaol
Colonial 1912 - Gaoler, Mombasa
Red Book 1912 - S.R. Hill - Mombasa
Red Book 1912 - Prison Dept. - Gaoler 1st Grade - S.R. Hill - Mombasa
London Gazette - 23 Feb 1917 - granted temporary rank for service with the Forces in East Africa - as Captain
Red Book 1919 - Prisons Dept. - Superintendent Mombasa Prison
Gazette - 23/3/1921 - Appointment - Samuel Ramsay Hill - Superintendent Mombasa Prison to be Acting Assistant Commissioner of Prisons wef 14/3/1921
1939 England and Wales Register living in Bournemouth with wife and dau., retired

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