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Name: GALLAGHER, Maurice DSO

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Nee: often spelt Gallaher

Birth Date: 29.9.1854 Belgaum, Bombay

Death Date: 1.10.1926 Kensington

Nationality: British

First Date: 1897

Profession: Marine Engineer, Uganda Railway

Area: Nairobi

Married: Louisa Margaret b. 1865

Children: Mary Agnes (Moore) (16 Oct 1885 UK); Betty (1889); Maurice Patrick (d. on active service 25 Apr 1915 St Julien, Flanders, France); John Edwin (12 Mar 1895 India)

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Land 1903, EAHB 1905, EAS, Hut, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, Red 22, Descending, EAHB 1906, DSO, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Red 19

War Service: E. Af. Railway Transport Dept.

School: St. Patrick's, India

General Information:

EAHB 1905 - served Indentured Apprenticeship S.P. & D. Ry. July 1869 to July 1875; Engineer in charge Government mills, July 1875 to May 1877; Marine Engineer I.S.F. (now N.W.) Ry., May 1877 to May 1881; Mechanic Foreman, Superintendent Works, Chainan Extension; Foreman, N.W. Railway up to Dec. 1897; Uganda Railway, General Foreman, Works Manager, 1897; awarded Great Gold Medal and Diploma and life member, Inventor Academy, Paris.  
KAD 1922 - District Superintendent, Uganda Railway, Nairobi (shown as M. Gallagher, DSO, but not in Debrett 1928)
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa (Mr & Mrs M. Gallagher)
North - Uganda Railway - Anglo Indian - North West India Railways; Marine Engineer; recruited at Mombasa; Workshop Manager at Nairobi before 31/3/1900
Playne - Mr Gallagher's railway experience was gained in India, where he had no less than 28 years' service. He was an indentured apprentice with the SP and D Railway for 6 years (July 1869 to July 1875). From the latter month until May 1877, he was engineer-in-charge of Govt. mills. For the next 4 years (until May 1881) he was Marine Engineer of the ISF (now NW) Railway. From 1881 until Dec. 1897, he was foreman of the NW Railway. In the latter year he joined the staff of the Uganda Railway, and is the Assistant Locomotive Superintendent of Works. Mr Gallagher has the great gold medal, and is a life member of the Inventor Academy of Paris. He is a certificated Chief Engineer. Mr Gallagher was a volunteer for 20 years, and retired in 1900. He was educated in India.
Playne - Group Photograph - 'Officers of the Uganda Railway 1909'
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Locomotive Dept. - Assistant Loco. Superintendent (Workshops)
Drumkey 1909 - Vice-President, Railway Institute, Nairobi
Descending - Photograph of "Mr M. Gallagher, with the first three Incline Drivers Messrs Shutt, Smart snr., Smart jnr., lowering the first locomotive. Mr John Hudson who arrived in October 1897 should have been in the party.
DSO - Hon. Major; Works Manager, Uganda Railway
North - 'A most valuable servant, always attentive, energetic and resourceful' (Sandiford, CO 537); sons Maurice and John enrolled at Uganda Railway School, Nairobi 11-4-1904; Recommended for permanent pensionable position after reorganisation of Railway staff - 'a most valuable man' (Currie, FO 2) 12-11-1904
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - Gallagher, M. - Workshop Manager, Uganda Railway
Red Book 1912 - M. Gallagher - Nairobi
Considine - European School Nairobi - Maurice P. Gallagher - 11/4/1904
Considine - European School Nairobi - John Gallagher - 11/4/1904
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Maurice Gallagher - District Loco Superintendent, Uganda Railway, Railway Hill
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - District Superintendent
Mills Railway - Workshop Manager, M. Gallagher, who joined in 1897 and, according to the staff, was "a bastard, but a just one".
HBEA 1912 - Asst. Loco. Superintendent, Works, Nairobi.
Land Grant 1903 - W.M. Gallagher - Building, etc., 10 acres - Near Nairobi - Sept 18 - Freehold.
EAHB 1905 - Foreman of Works, Uganda Railway, Nairobi
thesamsonsedhistorian.wordpress.com/tag/maurice-gallagher/:    Maurice Gallagher received the Companion of the Imperial Service Order in 1923. He had served in East Africa during World War 1 where he obtained the Distinguished Service Order for his work on the Uganda Railway. Having survived the Great War, he retired in 1923 and remained in Kenya where he died on 1 October 1926 {wrong]. A year later, his widow appealed to the Kenya National Assembly for a compassionate pension – the debate highlighting some of the financial challenges pensioners and others faced at the time. Intriguingly, in the discussion about whether to award his wife a pension or not, the award of the Imperial Service Order did not feature whilst his DSO did – at least in the heading.

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