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Name: WALTER, William Samuel DCM
Birth Date: 28 Nov 1895 Glastonbury
Death Date: 15 Feb 1972 Barton, Lancs.
First Date: 1921
Profession: Postmaster, Posts & Telegraphs Dept., in 1939, appointed 1933. Originally P.Clerk & Telegraphist, 1921.
Area: Mombasa, 1930 Nairobi
Married: In Long Ashton, Somerset 1921 Hilda May Linthorn b. 15 Dec 1894 Hanham, Glos., d. 6 Mar 1970 Mombasa
Children: Basil Linthorn (1924 Bristol-13 Apr 2018); Karyl Ann (1934)
Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Colonial, Red 22, Uganda Staff
War Service: Military service 1914-19
School: St. John's School, Glastonbury and privately
General Information:
Uganda Staff 1938 - Postmaster, Kampala, originally Postal Clerk & telegraphist 1921
KAD 1922 - Postal Clerk/Telegraphist.
Colonial - Regional Dir. 1947
Gazette - 6/2/1924 - Voters Register - Mombasa - William Samuel Walter, Postal Clerk & Telegraphist and Hilda May Walter, Married woman, Mombasa
Blue Book 1930 appt. 4.8.1921
FindaGrave Hilda May Linthorn Walter Birth 15 Dec 1894 Hanham, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England Death 6 Mar 1970 (aged 75) Mombasa, Kenya Burial Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya Plot KC188 Memorial ID 271560456