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Name: THOMPSON, Charles Brodrick

Birth Date: 1889 Newcastle upon Tyne

Death Date: 29 June 1954 Piccadilly, London

First Date: 1911

Last Date: 1981

Profession: Civil servant, Kitale. DO

Area: HBEA 1912 ADC, Kitui, 1925 Malindi, 1930 Kakamega, 1922 Machakos

Married: In Kensington 19 Aug 1920 Phyllis Medora Grace Cartwright b. 1890 Twickenham, d. 29 Aug 1928 Margate

Children: ?Alan Brodrick

Book Reference: HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Stud, Dominion, Leader14, Gazette, Red 19

War Service: East African units

General Information:

Colonial - Asst. Dist. Commissioner EAP Nov 1911; 1st Grade Administrative Officer Kenya Jan 1924; Acting PC 1933; Senior DC 1934
East Africa & Rhodesia - 8/7/54 - Mr Charles Broderick Thompson, of Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle-on-Tyne, who joined the Colonial Service in Kenya in 1911 and retired in 1939 on account of ill-health, dropped dead in Piccadilly last week while visiting London. He was 65 years of age. During the First World War he was an assistant political officer with the East African Forces. During the last war he was for two years a regional officer of the Ministry of Home Security. Mr Thompson, a well-known member of the East India and Sports Club, had been a keen footballer, cricketer, and tennis player while in East Africa.
EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Ayrshires - C.B. Thompson, Molo
Dominion - District Officer - 1930
Gazette 1/1/1912 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Dist. Commr. - 18/12/1911
KAD 1922 - Administration, Vanga.
KAD 1922 - Asst. District and Resident Commissioner, Vanga
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Blue Book 1937 appt 23.11.1911
Nat Probate Calendar
 

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