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Name: WILDISH, Frederick William (Engineer Lieut. Commander)
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1877 New Cross, London
Death Date: 1948 Edinburgh
First Date: 1916
Profession: Marine engineer, Uganda Railway 1918
Area: Nakuru, Hut - 1920 Londiani Transport, 1922 Nakuru
Married: In Chartham, Kent 17 Feb 1907 Alice Smith
Children: Rosemary P. (9 May 1918-1956)
Book Reference: Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Web, Red 19
War Service: RN
General Information:
Gazette - 25/10/16 - appt. Acting Superintendent Busoga Railway Marine
Web DNW - Frederick William Wildish was employed as Engineer in charge of Dockyard East, Khartoum Dec 1912; Chief Engineer, Sudan Government, Steamers Dept. March 1913; Deputy Superintending Engineer, Uganda Railways Marine, Dec 1914; Senior Navy Engineer, Lake Victoria, Nyanza Flotilla March 1915. He was promoted Lieut. RNR in Dec 1915 and returned as Deputy Superintending Engineer, Uganda Railway Marine in Oct 1917. He received the Reserve Decoration in 1919 and left the Navy to work as an Engineer in private industry in July 1921. …. [more]
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Fred William Wildish - Government Official - Kisumu
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Deputy Superintending Engineer
Hut has Lt.Cdr. F.W. Wildish 1919 RNR UR Marine Dept. Kisumu
1939 England and Wales Register living with dau in Bedford, 'engineering'