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Name: BASFORD, Alec Lindsay
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1891 Derby
Death Date: 24 Dec 1960 Mombasa
First Date: 1914
Last Date: 1960
Profession: Employed by Alexander Davis as a Journalist on the 'Nairobi Leader', then joined the KAR in 1917 and was severely wounded in 1918, being invalided to England. He returned to EA in 1920 and became a Civil Servant in the Lands Department.
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Derby 21 Feb 1921 Gertrude Jane Freeman b. 1891 Liverpool
Book Reference: Gillett, Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, Barnes
War Service: KAR in 1917, severely wounded 1918 & invalided to England
General Information:
Staff 39 - Lands Secretary in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Instructor 3rd KAR 1917
KAD 1922 - Clerk, Land Department
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - Alex Lindsay Basford, Leader Office
Dominion - Land Assistant 1930
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Alec Lindsay Rasford, buried 24 Dec 1960 age 69, European Hospital, beloved husband of Jane
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Alec Lindsay Basford, Civil Servant, Lenana Rd, Box 339, Nbi and Gertrude June [sic] Basford, Lenana Rd., Box 339, Nbi
Gazette 11 July 1961 probate