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Name: GRUNDY, George Leslie Ord 'Jim' (Major)

Photo Source: Jean - British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol

Birth Date: 13 Mar 1893 Oxford

Death Date: 1975 Southampton

First Date: 1920

Last Date: 1974

Profession: Mechanical engineer - gold mines, diatomite mines, Coastal trading captain. Also serviced railways with Hugh Nightingale from carriage at Longonot for a short time in the 20's. Boat building, wrought ironwork, guitar maker. Member of Legislative Council.

Area: Ngata Farm Njoro, Dar es Salaam, Kakamega, Musoma, Gilgil, Pangani from 58 after boat sank, Tanga, 1925 Rongai

Married: In Nairobi 31 Mar 1923 Jean Upham Franklin b. 3 Mar 1897 St John's, Newfoundland, d. 21 Dec 1981 Southampton (dau of Col. William Hodgson Franklin)

Children: stillborn dau. (7 Sep 1924 Nairobi); George Michael Franklin (1925 Eastbourne-1988 Pointe Claire, QC, Canada); Elizabeth Jean (18 June 1928 Kenya)

Book Reference: EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Legion, Red 22, mini-SITREP XXXIII

War Service: WW2 in Royal Engineers in Mombasa, Mogadishu, Sudan, Tripoli, Italy, York & Lancaster Regt. Major, 1914-19

School: Dragon School, Oxford; Marlborough College

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