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Name: GOWTHORPE, Richard Cooper
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1900 Durban
Death Date: 19 Sep 1980 Caversham, Reading
First Date: 1925
Profession: District Engineer, Engineering Dept., Railways & Harbours Dept., in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Asst. Engineer (Construction) 1925
Area: Eldoret, 1930 Nairobi
Married: Bertha Bailey b. 19.9.1900 Lawton, Cheshire, d. 1999 Reading
Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, Colonial, Dominion, Uganda Staff
War Service: War service, SAI 1917-19
School: BSc (Hons), A.M.INST.C.E.
General Information:
Colonial - Pupil Engineer, SAR 1922; Asst. Engineer 1924.
Dominion - Public Works Department - Railways - Engineering - Assistant Engineer - 1930
Uganda Staff 1938 - Senior Assistant Engineer, KUR, Jinja, originally Asst. Engineer (Construction) 1925