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Name: BALMER, Frank Edward
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1885 Croston, Lancashire
Death Date: 1 May 1942 Nairobi war cemetery
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1942
Profession: Civil servant with the Post & Telegraph Department for more than 20 years.
Area: Nairobi
Married: Linda Florence (arrived in EA 1912) b. 1887
Children: Peter Heriot (1922); Pauline Winifred (1926)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, Harmony, Barnes, Dominion, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Red 19
War Service: WW2 - Royal Army Pay Corps
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Post & Telegraph Dept. - Postal Clerk & Telegraphist, Nairobi
CWGC - Capt. Frank Edward Balmer, 236206. ISO RAPC, 1st May 1942. Age 56. Husband of Linda Florence Balmer, of Nairobi - Nairobi War Cemetery, Plot 2 G 3
Gazette - 8/11/16 - appt. Asst. Chief Accountant, Posts & Telegraph
Member of Harmony Lodge - Initiated 3/7/22, age 36
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Frank Edward Balmer, British, age 56, died 1/5/42, buried at Ngong Military cemetery
Dominion - Public Works Department - Posts and Telegraphs Dept. - Chief Accountant - 1930
Colonial 1912 - Postal Clerk & Telegraphist
Red Book 1912 - F.E. Balmer - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Post Office - Postal Clerk and Telegraphist
Gazette 15/4/1908 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Postal Clerk and Telegraphist - 9/4/1908
Red Book 1919 - F E Balmer - GPO - Nairobi
Red Book 1919 - Post Office & Telegraph Dept. - Asst. Chief Accountant
HBEA 1912 - Clerk & Telephonist, Nairobi.
KAD 1922 - Chief Accountant, Postal Dept.
Blue Book 1913 appt 20 Mar 1908
Blue Book 1913 appt 20 Mar 1908