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Name: BIRD, Edward MBE
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1896 Lucknow, India
Death Date: 3 May 1943 Nairobi
First Date: 1918
Profession: Chief Clerk in the Governor's Office in 1939. Appointed as a Clerk in 1919
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Kenya 1919 Rachel Webb b. 15 Feb 1886 Minsterworth, Glos., d. 1970 Gloucester; 2. Elizabeth Stafford
Children: John Edward Herbert (21 Apr 1923 Nairobi-2001); Betty
Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Barnes, Dominion, Childhood
War Service: R. Irish Rifles, KAR
General Information:
Red 22 - Chief Clerk, Governor's Office
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Edward Bird, British, age 47, died 3/5/43
Dominion - Chief Clerk, Governor's Office - 1930
Childhood - Ruth Rabb (née Bird) - "Our home was just behind Government House and my best friend, Betty Bird, lived just near us, if I remember correctly, in the grounds of Government House as her father worked there. …."
KAD 1922 - c/o Govt. House
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Edward Bird, Civil Servant, Government House and Elizabeth Stafford Bird Married woman, Hospital Hill, Nbi