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Name: BODDY, William Henry Stone
Birth Date: 1866 Richmond, Surrey
Death Date: 3 Nov 1920 Jinja
First Date: 1899
Profession: Engine driver
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Karachi 18 Sep 1893 Helen Amelia Shallcross b. 2 Aug 1877 Negapatam, Madras, India
Children: Beatrice Mary Enid (31 May 1894 Karachi-1962); Adelaide Dorothy Blanche (MIller) (9 Sep 1895 India-5 July 1969 Hinton, Alberta, Canada); Eric William (11 Sep 1896 Kotri, Bombay)
Book Reference: Gillett, Drumkey, North, Hut, Red 19
War Service: Shot through the knee in WW1
General Information:
The British Legion Secretary in the Memorial Hall. Nairobi, he had been shot through the knee in WW1. He was also Secretary of the Kenya Hockey Association.
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Locomotive Dept. - Engine Driver, 1st Class - W.H. Boddy
North - W.H.S. Boddy - Uganda Railway appt. dated 21-4-1899 - Engine Driver, due to be given four months' notice 16-4-1902; Listed with 'Officers & Subordinates' Driver 1-4-1903; Firearm registered Mombasa 16-3-1905; Settler's Game Licence, Naivasha Province 21-6-1904; Listed as 1st Class Driver 1-4-1905
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Locomotive Dept. - Engine Driver, 1st Class - W.H. Boddy
Red Book 1919 - W H S Boddey - Engineer, Uganda Railway - Nakuru