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Name: FORD, Percival Clement

Birth Date: 1884 Amersham, bapt. 30 Jan

Death Date: 6 Oct 1938 London

First Date: 1913

Profession: Engineer. Workshop Manager, Uganda Railway

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Westbury on Trym 28 Apr 1915 Jessie Florence Morris b. 9 June 1882 Westbury on Trym, d. 17 Nov 1981 Tunbridge Wells

Children: Elizabeth Helen Sydney (Fouracre) (17 Apr 1917 Nairobi-24 June 2011 Tunbridge Wells); Sylvia Mary (3 Aug 1918 Mombasa-1986) (Gower)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 22, Gazette, Nicholls, Red 19

General Information:

Gazette - 8/3/16 - Notice - Licensing Officer - P.C. Ford, Asst. Loco Superintendent, UK
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - P.C. Ford, Uganda Railway Volunteer Reserve, to be Lieutenant, to date August 9th 1914
Nicholls - WW1 - Railway Workshops Nairobi - There was a great deal of improvisation. P.C. Ford, the railway workshop manager, was very cunning and able to do everything he was asked.
Gazette 1/2/1913 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Loco Superintendent - 9/1/1913
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Workshop Manager

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