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Name: SHIELDS, William Percy FRGS

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Birth Date: 22 Sep 1889 Portsea

Death Date: 26 Nov 1949 Cambridge

First Date: 1915

Profession: Native Affairs Dept., Labour Inspector

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Nairobi 22 Feb 1919 Mary Braidwood Anderson b. 20 Nov 1896 Ladysmith, S. Africa, d. 30 Oct 1970 Crowborough

Children: Joan Mary (7 Feb 1920 Nairobi-1982); Peter Anderson (16 Apr 1922 Nairobi-1993); John Braidwood (6 Oct 1931 Barnstaple-1995); Jennifer Anne (6 May 1937 Canterbury-25 Aug 1940 Canterbury)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Harmony, Dominion, Foster, Web, Red 19, Gazette, Medals

General Information:

Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 3/9/23, age 34, Civil Servant, Nairobi
Dominion - Labour Officer 1930
Foster - 1935 Hon Secretary and Hon Treasurer of Nyanza Chaplaincy
Red Book 1919 - Survey Dept. - Trigonometrical and Topographical Survey - Surveyor - P.W. Shields
Hut has I.W.P. 'Bill' Shields 1937 No 6991 Kitale married to Julie
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - P.W. Shield, Survey Office
Medals - EA Pioneer Company - Percy W. Shields, No. 18205, Corporal
Variously P.W. or W.P. Shields
1939 England and Wales Register living with family in Bridge, Kent.
 

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