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Name: CORRIE, William Edward MBE
Birth Date: 15 July 1877 Ferriby, Yorks.
Death Date: 11 Dec 1935 Kisumu, buried in Chobham
First Date: 1916
Last Date: 1935
Profession: Civil engineer and surveyor; farmer
Area: Box 121, Nairobi, KAD also has W.E. Corrie, Eldama Ravine, 1925 Kitale, 1930 Box 69, Kitale, Kakamega
Married: In Dundee 30 Nov 1910 Adelaide Mary McLaren b. 1883 Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire
Children: Betty (1921)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 31, Red 22, Barnes, Medals, LG, Gazette
War Service: East African Units - EA Pioneer Corps
General Information:
Kisumu cemetery - in loving memory of W.E. Corrie died 1935
Medals - EA Pioneer Company - Lieutenant
London Gazette - 7 February 1919 - MBE for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in East Africa - T/Lieut. William Edward Corrie, EA Pioneers
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - William Edward Corrie - Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Girouard Road and Mrs Adelaide Mary Corrie - Girouard Road
Hut has W.E. Corrie, 1922, Eldama Ravine
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - William Edward Corrie, Farmer, PO Kitale
Civil Engineer records (Ancestry)
Freemason in Burma 1904