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Name: THOMPSON, Francis Conyers
Nee: son of Robert Alfred Thompson
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1913 Boksburg, S. Africa
Death Date: 1998 Nairobi
First Date: 1933
Last Date: 1998
Profession: Instructor, African, Educ. Dept in 1939, appointed 1939. Originally Primary Educ. Officer 1933. Acting Principal Govt. African School, Kapsabet in 1939. Headmaster in 1953
Area: Kapsabet, Nairobi
Married: Frances Olive Grice b. 31.1.1912 London, d. 18.8.1993 Nairobi
Children: Felicity Ann Donya (1940); Anthony (1943); Simon (1945)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Staff 39, Staff 53, Hut, Colonial, mini-SITREP XII, Baptism
War Service: Military service 1939-43, Capt.
School: Bedford School and University of London
General Information:
Colonial - Prin. Govt. African School Kapenguria 1943; also o/c Agric. West Suk District
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 185).