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Theodore Louis Bowring

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He returned from the Far East in 1930 as a Senior Assistant Engineer to Lehane, Mackenzie & Shand Ltd, contractors, of Derby, and spent three years at Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire on the construction of Gorple Reservoir. He then worked as an Engineer-Agent to Hayes & Greatrex Ltd, contractors,
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He was appointed Adviser on Engineering Appointments in 1958 to the Colonial Office and then to the Department of Technical Co-operation from 1958 to 1961. He acted as Consultant to Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners from 1962 to 1965 on major engineering projects overseas.
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He served in the colonial service in 1925 after four years of practical training with Sir John Jackson Ltd under Percy Hall. He was specialised in municipal engineering, mainly bridges, buildings and hydro-electric projects. He worked in
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Borwing returned to colonial service in 1935 when he was sent to British Honduras as Executive Engineer, Public Works, under Director E. A. Boyce. He was in charge of construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and public buildings.
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After the war, Bowring returned to British Honduras as Director of Public Works. He was responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of all engineering works in the colony with the expenditure of about £125,000 per year.
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He was the Director of Public Works in Nyasaland in 1948 and in Hong Kong in 1950 before he retired from the colonial service in 1957. In Hong Kong, he was responsible for resettling the refugees after the 1953
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with the rank of Major, and constructed an aerodrome and two hutted camps in France in which he was mentioned in despatches in 1940.
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in which bungalows of 10x15 feet for three to four persons was called "Bowring Bungalows", named after the Director.
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of Romford where he was in charge of small sewerage contracts for local authorities.
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of Practical Engineering from 1920 to 1922. He served as a midshipman in the
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He died in 1967, survived by his wife and one daughter.
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Index

CMG
OBE
British Honduras
Nyasaland
Hong Kong
Chatham House School
Ramsgate
Thames Nautical Training College
Crystal Palace School
RNR
World War I
Gold Coast
Federated Malay States
British Honduras
Nyasaland
Hong Kong
Perak River
World War II
Royal Engineers
Shek Kip Mei Fire
OBE
CMG
Institution of Structural Engineers






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