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Name: WATSON, James Kerr CBE
Nee: son of James Kerr Watson
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1910 Nairobi
Death Date: 12 Aug 1984 Cuckfield
First Date: 1936
Profession: Asst. Engineer PWD Uganda 1936; Exec. Engineer Grade I 1946; Assistant DPW 1948; Deputy DPW 1950; DPW 1956; Perm. Sec. and Engineer-in-chief Min. of Works 1960-63
Area: Uganda
Married: 1933 Nancy Agnes Mary Boyd Blackwood Hogg b. 25 Oct 1905 Lanarkshire, d. 23 Sep 1989 Cuckfield
Children: James Archibald (1935); Agnes Sheila (1936)
Book Reference: Colonial, Uganda Staff
School: Govt. Sch. Nairobi. AMInstCE, AMInstM&Cy, AMTPI
General Information:
Uganda Staff 1938 - Asst. Engineer, PWD, Mbale, appointed 1936
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - James Kerr Watson (jnr), Civil Engineer, Box 651, Nbi and Mrs Nancy Watson, Box 651, Nbi
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for birth - gives mother's first forename as Helen
Ancestry Passenger list London-Mombasa 6 Sep 1947
Nat Probate Calendar