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Name: FAIRLEY, William CBE

Birth Date: 17.4.1891 Kettering

Death Date: 1965 ?Cambridge

First Date: 1919

Profession: Engineer, PWD

Area: Mombasa

Married: Edith Capell b. 1894 Northampton, d. 22 Aug 1956 Putney, London

Children: Andrew (21 Oct 1927 Mombasa-20 Oct 2011 Chichester)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Dominion, Gazette

War Service: WW1 in North Staffs. Regt.; military service 1945-46, Col.

School: St. Paul's School and Magdalene College Cambridge, AssocMInstCE

General Information:

Dominion - Public Works Department - Divisional Staff - Executive Engineer - 1930
Gazette 18/2/1920 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Engineer PWD - 1/2/1920
KAD 1922 - Assistant Engineer, PWD, Mombasa.
Colonial - Asst. Engnr. PWD 1919; District Engnr. Zanzibar 1922; Exec. Engnr. Kenya 1925; Chief Engnr. N. Rhodesia 1935 etc.

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