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Name: WARD, F. E. (Capt.)
First Date: 1922
Area: Songhor
Married: ?Amy Louise Partridge b. 1884 Islington (sister of Elinor Constance Lowe, wife of Stanley Philip Lowe
Book Reference: KAD
General Information:
Red 22 - Capt. F.E. Ward, Taito, Songhor
In 1928 they lived with the Lowes in Taito, Songhor
Letter from Mark Arnold Napier Stark to his bro 26.2.1928 (Stark had just become the Lowe's manager): Lowe is a comfortable, jovial sort of fellow who likes his little stories and jokes (oft repeated) and his wine we invariably have beer, shandy or cider for lunch, sundowners on the tray and wine and port for dinner. Sometimes a gin sling in the middle of the morning which is a most welcome and refreshing drink when buried in the bowels of a tractor out in the sun, and the feeding is the best I have ever had. Mrs Ward is the clever one of the two sisters. She it is who does the housekeeping. She is dark, tubby, untidy and not very prepossessing but makes up for it by her capability. Mrs Lowe on the other hand was the frivolous one (vain, in the past, of her good figure and (possibly) good looks, and slightly neurotic but not by any means a fool. So far I have found her very easy to get on with. It was rather pathetic the nervous tentative way in which at first she talked about the shamba. After all, it is her property, and she’s entitled to know what is going on and to suggest how things might be done!. Indeed, I have found them almost extraordinary kind and helpful. For instance, Ward would take me down the 74 miles to Fort Ternan and and back just to fetch my dog who had had to be left behind and has spent a lot of time helping me do repairs to my car.