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Name: MANSON, Frederic Percy
Birth Date: 4 Dec 1881 Sydenham
Death Date: 19 Apr 1959 Wymondham, Norfolk
First Date: 1912
Profession: Civil engineer
Area: Mombasa
Married: 1. In Lewisham 1909 Phoebe Margaret Donaldson bapt. 9 Nov 1881, d. 1927 Aylesbury; 2. 1928 Pauline Vernede Beaver
Children: Peter Donald (1910-1911); William Herbert Charles (1911-1942); Timothy Roderick (1914-25 Feb 1941 RAF pilot)
Book Reference: HBEA, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
Red Book 1912 - F.P. Manson - Nairobi
Gazette 15/9/1913 - Departed on leave pending termination of agreement - F.S. Manson - Assistant Engineer - 10/9/1913
HBEA 1912 - Asst. Engineer, Railways, Mombasa
Blue Book 1912-12 appt 22 Mar 1911
Employed by Indian State Railways in India in 1914
His son Timothy in RAF Bomber Command flew into high tension cables and crashed near Sawtry, 9 miles from Huntingdon.