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Name: CROSSKILL, William Edmund 'Ted' (Lieut.-Col.)

Birth Date: 21 Apr 1904 Beverley, Yorks.

Death Date: 13 May 1993 Tunbridge Wells

First Date: 1928

Last Date: 1992

Profession: Farming in Tanganyika before WW2. After the war he returned to farming in EA and entered politics, becoming a Minister in the Kenya Govt. prior to Independence

Area: Tanganyika, Nairobi, Hut - Lessos, Molo, 1965 Highlands Hotel Molo, 'Hillworth' Molo

Married: 1. Jean Margaret Campbell; 2. Elizabeth Yates

Children: 1 son; 2 dau.

Author: 'The Two Thousand Mile War'

Book Reference: Rhino Link 4, Who's Who, Hut

War Service: 6 KAR in WW2. Intelligence Officer to Brigadier Fowkes' 22nd (EA) Infantry Brigade.

School: Repton and Jesus College, Cambridge

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