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Name: PUGH, William Robert Bernard KPM

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Birth Date: 1 July 1907 Talgarth, Powys

Death Date: 17 Apr 1987 Sheffield

First Date: 1929

Last Date: 1949

Profession: Asst. Superintendent, Kenya Police in 1939, appointed 1933. Originally Constable 1929. In charge, Railway & Harbour Police in 1939.

Area: Nairobi 1939, 1930 Hoey's Bridge

Married: Mayvis Arnold b. 1914, d. 6 May 2018 Cambridge [?seems v. old]

Children: Hazel (1941); Kathleen (1943); Glynne Mona (14 Oct 1947-2 Mar 1989 Manchester)

Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Ord, Max Hutton

School: Malvern College

General Information:

Ord - [Kisumu - 1948] Another senior officer departed around this time, W.N.R.B. Pugh, who was transferred to the West Coast and was later in great trouble with the riots in that area.
Colonial - Supt. 1947; Senr. 1948; Dep. Commissioner Gold Coast 1949

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