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Name: KIRKLAND, Robert Irwin
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1899 Prestwick, Lancs.
Death Date: 24 Feb 1981 Whiteparish, Salisbury, Wilts.
First Date: 1934
Profession: Engineer. Works Superintendent, Loco, Carriage & Wagon Dept., Railways in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Works Manager 1934
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Fylde, Lancs. 1926 Kathleen Henderson b. 3 Aug 1901 Lytham, Lancs., d. 1988 Wayland, Norfolk
Children: Gwenda Margaret (Lane) (8 Mar 1927 Bolton, Lancs.-9 Feb 2014 Cheltenham); Dorothy (28 June 1929 Belper-1999); David William (1934); Robin (1939)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial
War Service: Pilot, RNAS 1917-19
School: Manchester Grammar School; A.M.INST.LOCO.E.