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Name: WILSON, Ernest George CBE

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Birth Date: 1875 Bombay

Death Date: 17 Nov 1961 Cape Town

Nationality: British

First Date: 1901

Profession: Senior Official and also Traffic Manager of Uganda Railway. HBEA 1912 - Asst. Traffic Manager, Nairobi. Acting General Manager - 1921. Debretts - Traffic Manager, Uganda Railway. EAHB 1905 - Asst. Traffic Manager, Uganda Railway

Area: Nairobi

Married: Beatrice b. 1879, d. 10 Dec 1967 Cape Town

Children: Margery Beatrice (21 Sep 1912 Palmer's Green, London-21 Oct 1913 Nairobi)

Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Permanent Way, Debrett, EAHB 1905, KAD, EAS, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, Gazette, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Red 19

School: Whitgift College, South Croydon

General Information:

SE - E.G. Wilson - Nov 1909
EAHB 1905 - Great Northern Railway, April 1894 to June 1901; Asst. Traffic Manager, Uganda Railway, July 1901  
KAD 1922 - Traffic Manager, Uganda Railway
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Traffic Dept. - Assistant Traffic Manager
Red 22 - Vice-President, League fo Mercy, Nairobi
Gazette - 15/7/02 - Issued with bird licence - 3/4/02
North - From Stroud Green, Middx.; recommended for permanent position after reorganisation of Railway staff - 'a smart officer' (Currie, FO 2) 12/11/1904
Red Book 1912 - E.G. Wilson - Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Ernest George Wilson - Traffic Manager, Uganda Railway - Railway Hill and Mrs Beatrice Wilson - Railway Hill
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Traffic Manager
Red Book 1919 - Nairobi Railway Institute - President - E.G. Wilson
Gazette - 4/5/1921 - Presentation of Honours by Governor - E G Wilson Esq. - CBE
Blue Book 1936 p. 210 resignation from Railway 

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