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Name: BUNBURY, Cecil Molesworth ISO
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1878 Mitcham
Death Date: 16 May 1970 Purley
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1928
Profession: Engineer on the Uganda Railway for more than 20 years
Area: Masongaleni, Nairobi, 1909 Samburu, 1906 Kilindini, Nakuku
Married: In Brentford 1914 Margaret M. Hamill b. 1 Oct 1882, d. Purley 21 Sep 1969
Children: Dorothea Marion (22 Sep 1915 Jinja); dau. Evelyn (1918); Margaret Molyneux (Burgess) (22 Oct 1917 Nairobi-1 Sep 2002 Abingdon); John Shirley (5 Oct 1921 Nakuru-17 Aug 1942 on active service with RAF)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Colonial, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, North, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Red 19
War Service: Served in SA War 1900-02 (medal with 4 clasps)
School: privately at Kingston Hill
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Assistant Engineer, Mazeras-Mackinnon Road Realignment
Drumkey 1909 - Crown Bridge Works, West Bromwich, 1895-98; Great Central, Great Northern & City Railways, 1898-1900; S.A. Medal with 4 clasps; Central S.A. Railways
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - C.M. Bunbury, Uganda Railway Volunteer Reserve, to be Lieutenant, to date August 9th 1914
North - C. Bunbury - Engineer, on leave from the Transvaal Government in SA, arr Mombasa from Lourenço Marques 14-12-1904; Dep. Mombasa up-country to survey the E. Grogan timber concession as asst to J.A. Coryell; Working for Grogan May 1905; Settlers Game Licence, Nairobi April-June 1905. ??
Red Book 1912 - C.M. Bunbury - Nairobi
Red Book 1919 - C N Bunbury - Uganda Railway - Nairobi
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Assistant Engineer
HBEA 1912 - Asst. Engineer, Masongaleni.
KAD 1922 - District Engineer, Nairobi.
Hut has E.C.M. Bunbury 1922 Nakuru.
Colonial - Ag. Chief Engineer 1925
Gazette - 8/5/1928 - Departed on Retirement - Asst. Chief Engineer, Kenya & U Rly. - C.M. Bunbury
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - E.C.M. Bunbury - District Engineer, Uganda Railway - Nakuru and Mrs Bunbury - Nakuru
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife and dau in Croydon
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