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Name: BATTYE, Robert William
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1862
Death Date: 9 Mar 1939 Mombasa
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1939
Profession: Supervisor of Telegraphs, Mombasa
Area: Mombasa
Married: 1. 1899 Lily Anne Jane Peters b. 10 Sep 1865 Rawalpindi, d. 11 June 1934 Mombasa (prev. m. to Edward Emmanuel Eldred 1858-1890); 2. Mrs Annie Judith May Eldred
Children: stepchildren Edward William Eldred (1885-1947); Edmund Emmanuel Eldred
Book Reference: Drumkey, North, EAHB 1906, Gazette, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Barnes, Genforum
General Information:
North - Uganda Railway appt. dated 6-9-1899 - Clerk Traffic Dept. May 1902; transferred from Uganda Railway to EAP as Clerk 1-6-1903.
EAHB 1906 - R.W. Battye - Supervisor of Telegraphs, Mombasa
Gazette - 17/12/1902 - Plague compensation after bubonic plague in March 1902 - R.W. Battye - Rs 107
EAHB 1904 - Chief Telegraph Clerk, Mombasa GPO
EAHB 1904 - Mombasa & Kilindini Residents - Battye, R.W. - Kilindini
EAHB 1907 - Clerk Signaller and Assistant, Mombasa
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Robert William Battye, died 9 Mar 1939, Mombasa