D.C.M. (GV) (2/CL. Air Mech. R.F.C.), M.M. (GV- 1/Cl. A.M. No. 8 Sq.. R.F.C.), 1914 /15 Star (2/A.M. R.F.C.), B.W.M., Victory (Cpl. R.A.F.), 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal, France, Medaille Militaire
F.S. Mackrell (single initial ‘F’ on Star, central wreath chipped on Medaille Militaire), R.F.C., R.A.F. and in WW2 as Captain, E.A.A.P.C.
D.C.M. L.G. 14/1/1916, citation L.G. 11/3/1916
‘For conspicuous gallantry when, acting as wireless operator in charge of a station, he saved all the wireless gear under a heavy shell fire.’
M.M. L.G. 21/12/1916
(An award for the Somme September & October 1916)
France Medaille Militaire 24/2/1916
Ferdinand Stanley Mackrell, b. Fulham, 27 September, 1987, ent. the Post office as a Telegraphist learner, Aug. 1914 and attested for the R.F.C. (A.M.2), April 1915 with No. 8 Sqdn as a Wireless Operator, 1st Cl. A.M. August 1916, Corp. Mech Nov. 1917.RAF Res. February, 1919.
Europeans In East Africa
Name: MACKRELL, Ferdinand Stanley DCM, MM
Birth Date: 1897 Fulham
Death Date: 23 Sep 1954 Fulham
First Date: 1921
Profession: Senior Postmaster, Posts & Telegraphs Dept., in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally P.Clerk & Telegraphist, 1921.
Area: Nairobi, 1922 Kisumu, 1925 Nairobi, 1949 Gilgil
Married: In Kensington 1919 Rose Eva Daintree Wagner b. 1895, d. 28 May 1939 Nairobi
Children: Winifred Sonia (1919 London); Douglas Charles (8 Jan 1921 London); Diana Patricia Daphne (Rundgren) (29 May 1924 Nairobi-25 Jan 1984 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)
Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Colonial
War Service: Military service 1915-19 and 1940-41, Capt. (o/c EAAPS)
General Information:
KAD 1922 – Postal Clerk/Telegraphist.
Hut has L.S. Mackrell.
Colonial – Regional Director 1947
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 – F S Mackrell, Civil Servant, GPO and Mrs Eva Mackrell, c/o GPO, Nbi
Gazette 18 Oct 1955 probate
FindaGrave Rose Eva Wagner MACKRELL BIRTH 1895 DEATH 28 May 1939 (aged 43–44) BURIAL Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PLOT Section:12 Lot: 12
