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Name: NEILAN, Charles Edward Euphrates
Birth Date: 24.2.1876 East Indies
Death Date: 8.8.1950 Reading
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1901
Profession: Uganda Railway - former Cpl. Telegraph Signaller, RE, from Camberwell, London; Kisumu with Uganda Administration May 1901; arr. Nairobi from Port Florence, ill, sent to UK and given 3 months' notice, last pay day with Railway 10/6/1901
Area: Kisumu
Married: In Claygate, Surrey 25 July 1902 Marie Wise b. 8 Sep 1881
Children: George E. (25 Dec 1912); Harold W. (1921 Reading); Marie Nellie (1904 Long Ditton); Jennie Kathleen (8 Dec 1905 Wimbledon)
Book Reference: North
General Information:
North - UK appt. as Telegraph Signaller 29/6/1899; Military Signaller, Telegraph Dept. 30/9/1900; 3rd Nandi Punitive expedition 24/5/1900-30/10/1900; arr. Port Florence on loan to UP Dec 1900; Africa GSM, clasp 'Uganda 1900'; arr Nairobi from Port Florence ill March 1901; recommended for 4 months' sick leave, enlarged liver & jaundice 11/6/1901; No longer required as line nears Lake Victoria, given 3 months' notice 10/6/1901; due to dep. Mombasa 16/6/1901; 'Steady and reliable' (Stallibrass, CO 537)
1939 England and Wales Register living in Reading with wife and son