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Name: BIRD, Cyril Handley Walter CBE
Birth Date: 3 June 1896 Madras, India
Death Date: 27 Mar 1969 Battle, Sussex
First Date: 1930
Profession: Company director
Area: Mombasa, Uganda
Married: In Christchurch, Hants. July 1921 Signa Elaine Garside b. 2 Aug 1896 Belfast, d. 14 June 1975 Maidstone
Book Reference: Red 31, EA & Rhodesia
War Service: Red Cross
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 6/1/55 - New Year's Honours, CBE - Cyril Handley Bird, for services in Uganda. Member of the Legislative Council since 1948. President of Uganda Chamber of Commerce 1942-45; hon member of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of East Africa. Joined British East Africa Corporation Ltd. In 1928. A former director of Kettles-Roy and Tysons (Mombasa) Ltd. And a director of Costain (East Africa) Ltd.
Was in Medical and Dental Students Register 1913