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Name: HOWARD, Cecil William OBE

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Birth Date: 1.6.1913 St Margarets, Middlesex

Death Date: 15.11.1992 Southwark, London

Profession: Coffee planter, Labour Officer in 1939, appointed 1939 on a temporary basis; Senior 1946; Reg. Asstistant Labour Commissioner Tanganyika 1951; Dep. Labour Commissioner 1953-61

Area: c/o Labour Dept. Box 326 Nairobi, Kiambu

Married: 1. In Mombasa 25 Sep 1937 Joan Stratford Collet b. 1912 London, d. 5 Aug 1962 Marylebone; 2. In Camberwell 1963 Doreen Mary Phillips née Baylis b. 6 Apr 1923, d. 2003 Surrey

Children: Peter William John (bapt. 18 Aug 1940 Ruiru); Anthony Walter (26 Nov 1941 Nairobi-9 Apr 2020 Cape Town)

Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Staff 39, Legion, Colonial, Bap

War Service: Major, KAR and Kenya Regt., 1939-43

School: St. Bees School

General Information:

One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 143).

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