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Name: SAIDLER, James Roy MC, (Major)
Birth Date: 10 May 1894 Edinburgh
Death Date: 29 Oct 1988 Edinburgh
First Date: 1920
Profession: Chartered civil engineer. Senior Assistant Engineer, PWD, Kenya in 1939, appointed 1930. Originally Asst. Engineer 1920
Area: 1925 Nyeri, 1930 Lodwar, 1922 Kisumu
Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Red 22, CO, Dominion
War Service: RGA 1914-20, croix de guerre
School: George Watson's Coll. Edinburgh and Edinburgh University; BSc, Assoc.M.INST.MUN & CTY.E, FSI
General Information:
CO 533/371/3 - Confidential Reports 1927 - Asst. Engineer - He was recently reprimanded and his promotion suspended and we are told that he is not a person qualified to pass the efficiency bar which he has reached.
Dominion - Public Works Department - Divisional Staff - Assistant Engineer - 1930
KAD 1922 - Assistant Engineer, PWD, Kisumu