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Name: BURRIDGE, Henry James
Birth Date: 1894
Death Date: 9 Mar 1964 London
First Date: 1904
Profession: Manager of the East African Industries Ltd., at Mombasa; patentee of a brick kiln which caused much interest
Area: Mombasa
Married: Edith Ann ?b. 20 June 1887, d. 1971 Maldon, Essex
Book Reference: Gillett, Playne, Drumkey
War Service: RE
General Information:
Playne - The East African Industries Ltd. - ' ..... The Africans are attaining to some proficiency in their work - giving much cause for gratification to the manager of the works, under whose patient tuition they have been trained. Some 50,000 bricks may be turned out weekly, in addition to tiles and other goods. ....….'
Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - H.J. Burridge (E. African Industries) Mombasa