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Name: WILLCOCKS, James Lugard DSO, MC (Major)
Nee: son of General Sir James Willcocks, GCB, GCMG, KCSI, DSO
Birth Date: 5.1.1893 Delhi
Death Date: 30.6.1963 Haywards Heath, Sussex
First Date: 1925
Last Date: 1938
Profession: ADC; Commissioner of Prisons
Area: Nyeri
Married: In Kensington 15 Dec 1916 Muriel Kathleen Price b. 1895 Camberwell, d. 23 Apr 1983 Bath
Children: Wendy Winifred (Whittaker) (Bermuda 15 Nov 1919)
Book Reference: Red 25, Debrett, Karen 50, Hut, Colonial, DSO, Dominion
War Service: WW1, WW2 interned at Stanley Camp, Hong Kong
School: Cheltenham College and RMC Sandhurst
General Information:
Colonial - 2nd Lieut., The Black Watch 1912; ADC to GOC N. Army India 1913; ADC to GOC Indian Army Corps France 1914 (twice ment. in despatches); Brig. Maj. 1916; Brig. Maj. Bermuda 1919; Ret. Feb. 1922 (placed on R. of O.); ADC kenya 1925; Ag. Sec. Native Affairs Dept. 1928-30; Pvte. Sec. to Ag. Gov. 1930-31; Asst. Comsnr. Prisons 1932; Commissioner Prisons 1933; Commissioner of Prisons Hong Kong 1938, 1939
Dominion - Secretary, Native Affairs Department 1930
Dominion - District Officer - 1930 Asst. Commissioner of Prisons - 22 Oct 1931 - Dec 1933 Commissioner of Prisons - 1 Jan 1934 - On leave 16 Jun 1938 pending transfer to Hong Kong as Commissioner
Debrett - Capt. Roy. Highlanders (retired), Major Reserve of Officers, and Assist. D.C., Kenya Colony; European War 1914-18 (despatches, MC, DSO).
Karen 50 - One of the original members of Karen Club in 1937 (Major & Mrs)
Gazette - 1/4/1925 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Cadet, ADC - Major J.L. Willcocks
Blue Book 1931 appt 14.8.1925