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Name: SETH-SMITH, Leslie Moffat MC

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Nee: 8th son of William Seth Smith of Guildford

Birth Date: 9.2.1879 Tangley, Nr. Guildford

Death Date: 6 Sep 1955 Surrey

First Date: 1904

Profession: Qualified Civil Engineer and Surveyor. Appointed to the Survey Dept of Uganda Govt.

Area: Entebbe

Married: In Uganda 23 Mar 1922 his cousin Ursula Mary Seth Smith b. 4 Apr 1893 London, d. 19 Aug 1968 Newbury (dau of William Howard Seth Smith)

Children: Leslie James (12 Jan 1923-5 Nov 2007 Brentford); Ursula Diana Rose (1926); Jessica Mary (1927)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Burke, North, EAHB 1907, Web

War Service: WW1 as Lt. E African Transport (despatches)

School: Uppingham School & Pembroke College Cambridge BA (Engineering) 1901, AMICE

General Information:

North - Apt. Asst. Surveyor UP 1904; arr. Mombasa from England 1/7/1904; Member of Uganda Volunteer Reserve 28/9/1905
EAHB 1905 - Articled to A.T. Walmisley Esq., MICE 1901; Asst. Surveyor, Uganda Protectorate, March 1904.

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