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Name: UNWIN, Wilfrid Peyto
Birth Date: 29.8.1876 Chilworth, Surrey
Death Date: 16.5.1916 Somme, France, on active service
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1903
Profession: Uganda Railway engineer; civil engineer
Area: Mombasa
Book Reference: EAS, North, EA Diary 1903, Gazette
War Service: Royal Irish Rifles
School: Giggleswick School; Central Technical College, London
General Information:
EA Diary - Assistant Engineer, No. VII Construction Division
Gazette - 1/5/1902 - Played for 'The Rest' in a cricket match against the EA Protectorate
North - Uganda Railway - Junior Asst. Engineer; arr. Zanzibar from Europe 28/8/1899. From Woking, Surrey; at Tsavo 18/5/1900; based at Escarpment Camp 13/6/1901; Asst. Engineer resident at Muhoroni June 1902; ; Junior Asst Engineer given 3 months' notice 23/3/1903; at Nairobi & due to leave EA for good 17/6/1903;
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa.
[several records spell 2nd forename Peyto]