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Name: CROSSE-CROSSE, William Wickham Reeder

Birth Date: 14 Aug 1899 Bradninch, Devon

Death Date: 22 Oct 1980 Cullompton

First Date: 1922

Profession: Cadet, Uganda Protectorate 1924; Asst. DO 1926; Acting Labour Comsnr. 1929; Temp. Asst. Prin. C.O. 1930-32; Dist. Officer 1936; Acting Asst. Chief Secretary Dec. 1938

Area: Uganda

Married: In Exeter 12 Mar 1924 Gwendoline Marcella Devenish b. 28 Nov 1897 Pretoria, d. 27 Feb 1990 Cullompton

Children: Anthony Richard Reeder Wickham Crosse Upcott (20 Dec 1924 Uganda); Anita Crosse Upcott (1929); Gabrielle M. Christine (23 Dec 1938)

Book Reference: Colonial, Red 22, Uganda Staff

War Service: 2nd Lieut. Welsh Guards 1918; Lieut. 1920, served with 1st & 2nd KAR in Tanganyika 1922-24; R. of O. (Welsh Guards) 1924

School: Blundell's School

General Information:

Red 22 - K.A.R., Masoko, Tanganyika
Uganda Staff 1938 - Senior Asst. Secretary, appointed 1935, previously Cadet 1924
London Gazette 17 Oct 1924 - change of his surname from Crosse to Crosse-Crosse 
Surname in Passenger lists is Crosse-Upcott

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