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Name: GOODSHIP, Harold Edwin CBE
Birth Date: 1878 Finsbury Park, Middlesex [1881 and 1891 censuses have Derby]
Death Date: 1951 Fylde, Lancs.
First Date: 1904 transferred from Sierra Leone Railways
Profession: Transferred to Uganda Railways as Asst. Chief Accountant and in 1915 was promoted to Chief Accountant
Area: Nairobi
Married: Violet Mary Greensill b. 23.5.1887 Haslingden, Lancs., d. 25.4.1970 Fylde, Lancs.
Children: Phyllis Seymour (1915); James Dalton (5 Sep 1921 Nairobi-3 Nov 1993 Salisbury, Wilts.)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Playne, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Red 19
War Service: Duke of Cambridge's Own Battn.
General Information:
Blue Book 1926 appt. 9.1.1904
Playne - Group Photograph - 'Officers of the Uganda Railway 1909'
Dominion - Public Works Department - Railway - Chief Accountant - 1930
Leader14 - R.E. Goodship (Uganda Railway) - Nairobi
Colonial 1912 - Railway - Asst. Chief Accountant
Red Book 1912 - H.E. Goodship - Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Harold Edwin Goodship - Chief Accountant, Uganda Railway, The Hill
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Chief Accountant
Red Book 1919 - Nairobi Orchestral Society - Hon. Secretary - H.E. Goodship
HBEA 1912 - Asst. Accountant, Railways.
KAD 1922 - Chief Accountant
Freemason Rokell Lodge, Sierra Leone 21 Mar 1904
W.A. Kempe diary 8 Aug 1920 Dined with Goodship & then to a concert of the musical society where he played the bassoon in the orchestra.