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Name: BOYD, Samuel Reginald 'Reggie' (Lieut.-Col.)

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Birth Date: 3 Oct 1901 Ireland

Death Date: 24 March 1962 Nairobi

Nationality: Irish

First Date: 1927

Profession: Civil engineer

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Carrickmines, Dublin 16 June 1923 Ethel Dilkoosha 'Dilly' Pallin b. 24 May 1891 Dilkusia, Lucknow, India, d. 1 Aug 1966 Nairobi

Children: Samuel Michael A. (14 Apr 1925 Napier, New Zealand-2019); Patricia L. (27 July 1928 Nairobi-4 Aug 2009)

Book Reference: Gazette, Golf, Staff 39, Irish, Red 31, Colonial, Dominion

War Service: Military service 1939-43, Lieut.-Col.

School: Rugby and Trinity College Dublin BA, BAI, ASSOC.M.INST.C.E.

General Information:

Assistant Engineer, PWD, Kenya in 1939, appointed 1934. Originally Asst. Engineer 1927. President of the Irish Society in 1947 when Deputy Director of the PWD.
Dominion - Public Works Department - Loan Staff - Assistant Engineer - 1930
Gazette - 27/4/1927 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Engineer, PWD - S.R. Boyd
Captain of Nairobi Golf Club in 1936.
Gazette 14 Aug 1962 probate
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Reginald S. Boyd, Civil Engineer, Ngong Rd., Nbi
Langata cemetery, Nairobi in memory of / Samuel Reginald / Boyd / 1901 - 1962 / from / Jill, Michael and / Pixie after me cometh / a builder / tell him I too / have known

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