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Name: JESSOP, Eric Cyril Bridger

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Nee: son of Edwin and Alice Ann Thomas Jessop

Birth Date: 4 Feb 1919 Nairobi

Death Date: 23 June 1980 Nairobi

First Date: 1919

Profession: Director of Companies. Man. Dir. Pepsi Cola Bottlers in Kenya, Tanganyika & Zanzibar; Man. Dir. For Canada Dry (EA) Ltd. With Bass & Worthington in UK 1934-36; with Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Kenya 1936-50

Area: Nairobi

Married: 1945 Helen Alexandra Mackenzie b. 1 Dec 1919 Macduff, Banffshire. d. 30 Dec 1977 Nairobi

Children: Zandra Jane (1950); another dau.

Book Reference: Gillett, Who's Who

War Service: WW2

School: Prince of Wales School, Nairobi; Brentwood School, Essex

General Information:

One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 417)
Barnes Langata Cemetery, Nairobi :in loving memory / of / Helen Alexandra / (née Mackenzie) / Jessop / born Macduff 1919 / died Nairobi 1977 [Macduff refers to the place she was born]

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