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Name: BRIGGS, Frederick John 'Freddie' (Capt.)
Birth Date: 1887 ?Tinsley Green, Sussex
Death Date: 17 July 1929 killed by elephant near Marsabit
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1929
Profession: Was employed by the Uganda Railway in 1910. After WW1 he joined the Kenya Agricultural Dept., working as a Locust Control Officer, and owned a farm at Nyeri
Area: Nairobi, Nyeri. Hut - 1910 Manager for Cassie
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette
War Service: Supply Corps in WW1, Mentioned in Dispatches
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - F.J. Briggs, Guard, Uganda Railway
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Frederick John Briggs, Settler, Limoru
Gazette - 13/8/1929 - Obituary - His Excellency the Acting Governor regrets to announce the death on 17 July 1929 at Irrer Northern Frontier Province of Captain Frederick John Briggs, Temporary Locust Officer Agricultural Department as the result of injuries inflicted by an elephant which he was attempting to photograph.
Captain Briggs was an Officer who rendered valuable service in the locust destruction campaign and whose cheerfulness, keenness and other personal attributes endeared him to all who knew him.
The deceased was interred in the European Cemetery, Marsabit on 15th July.
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Frederick John Briggs, Farmer PO Nyeri