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Name: WOOD, Francis Edward MBE
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1911
Death Date: 7.8.1961 Swords, Co Dublin
First Date: 1938
Profession: Postal clerk and telegraphist, Posts & Telegraphs Dept., in 1939, appointed 1938. Seconded from British Post Office
Area: Entebbe
Married: Elizabeth Mary Hingston b. 24 May 1913, d. 8 June 1951 Nairobi
Children: Philip Edward (7.9.1956)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial
War Service: Military service 1940-44, Capt.
School: Hereford High Sch. for Boys
General Information:
Francis Edward - Kenya Regiment 1717
Colonial - Asst. Contlr. 1949; Head Postmaster Gr. I 1955; Head Postmaster Nairobi 1960
Gazette 19 Feb 1952 wife's probate
Gazette 21 Aug 1962 - date of death
Gazette 7 Aug 1962 - says he d. 6 Aug.
FindaGrave Elizabeth Mary Hingston Wood Birth 1915 Death 8 Jun 1951 (aged 35–36) Burial City Park Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Plot Section 10 Lot 34 Memorial ID 228886347