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Name: POTTER, Edward John 'Algie'

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Birth Date: 2 Sep 1904 Sutton, Surrey

Death Date: 1993 S. Africa

First Date: 1927

Profession: Kenya Police 1927-36, Uganda Police 1936-49. Appointed Temp. District Revenue Officer 1949. At Mombasa in 1953

Area: Mombasa, 1930 Rumuruti

Married: Rosamund Griswold Wood b. 27 Aug 1909 Plumstead, Cape Province, buried 24 June 1976 Pinetown, Natal (prev. m. Frederick Neville Clayton)

Children: one

Book Reference: Staff 53, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Uganda Staff

School: Sutton County Secondary School

General Information:

Colonial - Police Const. 1927; Asst. Inspr. Uganda 1936; Inspector 1939; Asst. Supt. 1944
Early player for Kenya Police Rugby Club - 1930s
Uganda Staff 1938 - Asst. Inspector, Kampala, appointed 1936, transferred from Kenya
Gazette - 13/9/1927 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Police Constable - E.J. Potter

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