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Name: BANNISTER, James Oliver
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1906 Derby
Death Date: 1999 Cirencester
First Date: 1938
Last Date: 1947
Profession: Mechanical engineer. Asst. Loco. Superintendent, Loco, Carriage & Wagon Dept., Railways in 1939, appointed 1938. Dist. Loco Supt. Railways Nigeria 1947
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Derby 1932 Margaret Elaine West b. 1909, d. 28 Sep 1977 Cirencester; 2. Clarissa Irene
Children: one son from 1st marriage; four sons and two dau from 2nd, incl. Adolphus George (d. 2018) and Joel (d. 2020)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial
School: Derby Technical College GRAD.INST.M.E, .A.M.INST.LOCO.E.