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Name: WRIGHT, George Edward

Birth Date: 1875

Nationality: British

First Date: 1898

Last Date: 1900

Profession: Telegraph superintendent

Area: Naivasha

Book Reference: North, Eton

General Information:

North - Uganda Railway - Asst. Telegraph Supt. Naivasha Oct 1898; Railhead Feb 1899; given 3 months' notice June 1900 no longer required as line had reached Kampala; invalided home before Oct. 1901
Eton (1892) - George Edward Wright - A Mechanical Engineer at Nottingham; younger son of W. of Wollaton, Nottingham ?
North - From Blackheath, London; UK appt. as Asst. Telegraph Superintendent 9/1/1899; Naivasha Oct 1898; Asst Telegraph Superintendent resident at Railhead near Kima 23/2/1899; Listed in Establishment Rolls under Electric Telegraph Dept. Asst. Telegraph Superintendent 30/6/1899; given 3 months' notice, no longer required as telegraph line had reached Kampala, June 1900; invalided home before the 3 months' notice had expired.

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