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Name: ROPER, John Lockwood
Birth Date: 1889 Thetford, Norfolk
Death Date: 22 Mar 1942 Kampala, Namirembe
First Date: 1922
Profession: Mechanic, civil servant 1931
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Newton Abbot 19 Jan 1916 Gwendolen Maude Easterbrook b. 1890 Edginswell, Devon, d. 6 Apr 1933 Kampala
Children: John Lockwood (29.3.1931 Nairobi)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 22, Uganda Staff, Barnes
General Information:
KAD 1922 - Mechanic, PWD
John Lockwood - Kenya Regiment 1330 [son]
Uganda Staff 1938 - J.L. Roper, Mechanic, PWD, appointed 1923
St Paul's, Namirembe cemetery - John Lockwood Roper, beloved father of John, died 22 Mar 1942 aged 52
St Paul's, Namirembe cemetery Inscription: in / loving memory of / my dear wife / Gwendoline Maude Roper / who died April 6th 1933 / aged 43 years / in God's keeping / this boulder from Haytor, her beloved / Devon