Sir WATERFALL Charles Francis

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• Reference Number: C009
• Education: Between 1899 and 1906, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
• Education: Between 1906 and 1909, Queens College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
• Occupation: Between 1910 and 1948, Burma, India; Land Revenue and General Administration Department.
• Internment: Between 1942 and 1945, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
• Obituary: 26 Oct 1954; The Times
• Probate: 14 Mar 1955, Exeter, Devon, England

Notes:

(Research):C.I.E = Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
C.I.S = Companion of the Most Exalted Order od the Star of India

Internment:
Interned by the Japanese during the Second World War.

Obituary:
Sir Charles Francis Waterfall, C.S.I., C.I.E., Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 1938 to 1942, died on Saturday at his home at Colyton, Devon. He was 66.

The son of Mr Charles Waterfall he was born at Bridgnorth, Shropshire on February 24 1888, and was educated at Manchester Grammer School and Queen's College, Cambridge. In 1910 he entered the Indian Civil Service and went out to India in the follwing year. There he served in the Central Provinces and Berar, rising from assistant commissioner to be financial secretary, chief secretary, and in 1935, commissioner for the Chattisgarh division. He was a member of the Central Provinces Legislative Council in 1928 and again in 1930-33.

In 1938 he went to Port Blair in the Andamans as chief commssioner for those islands and the Nicobar group. When it became clear in 1942 that the islands could not be defended against the Japanese, he was charged with the responsibility of evacuating the inhabitants but it was too late to arrange for a complete evacuation. Waterfall managed to send a number of officers and members of technical departments to safety in India, together with a small number of convicts and the families of the non-indigenous population, but at the last stayed at his post, with a few of his officers, to face internment by the Japanese. He was held in captivity until 1945, and in 1946 he was knighted for his services. Two years later he retired.

He married in 1915 Ada, daughter of L. R. Duckworth, of Bury, Lancashire. There were a son and four daugters of the marriage.

Probate:
«b»WATERFALL«/b» sir Charles Francis, otherwise sir Francis C.S.I. C.I.E. of Brookfield House Colyton «b»Devonshire«/b» knight died 23 October 1954 Probate «b»Exeter«/b» 14 March [1955] to Jean Bovett (wife of Robert Bovett) Helen Louise Roberts (wife of John Emrys Ffoulks Roberts) Ruth Howard (wife of Henry James Slater Howard) and Charles Richard Waterfall, ship builder. Effects: £17854 3s 5d

Died:
Aged 66 years

Charles married DUCKWORTH Ada 27 Dec 1915, St Thomas' Catherdral, Bombay, India. Ada (daughter of DUCKWORTH Lawrence Richard) was born 9 Nov 1885, Bury RD, Lancashire, England; died 28 Mar 1973, 1 Sunnyside, South Street, Coylton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: C015
• Occupation: Between 1938 and 1939, London, England; Secretary
• Occupation: Between 1941 and 1946; Section Officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Balloon Command.
• Emigration: 1949, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Obituary: 13 Oct 2011; The Seattle Times

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Obituary:
Ada Mary LAURITSEN Mary was born April 18, 1917 in Raipur, C.P., India, the eldest daughter of the late Sir Francis and Lady Waterfall, Exeter, U.K., and died September 17, 2011 in Bellevue, WA. She is survived by sisters Helen Roberts and Ruth Howard; brother Charles Waterfall and numerous nieces and nephews in the U.K. She was preceded in death by her sister Jean Bovett, husband Reginald C. Franklin and husband John K. Lauritsen. Mary was educated in Exeter, England and worked as a secretary at St. Thomas Hospital, London from 1938-39. She served as a Section Officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Balloon Command from 1941 to 1946. Mary immigrated to Seattle in 1949 with her husband Reginald C. Franklin and became a U.S. citizen in 1965. In Seattle, she worked as a secretary for various Seattle businesses including a mechanical and engineering company, Siemens Corporation and Washington Dental Service from which she retired in 1982. Mary and John K. Lauritsen were married at Juneau, Alaska in 1977 and resided for many years at the Ida Culver House Broadview. At her request, Mary will be cremated and her ashes placed with her parents at Colyton, Devon, U.K. where services will be held. A prayer service will be conducted at Evergreen-Washelli, 11111 Aurora Avenue N., Seattle at 1:00 pm, Saturday, October 15, 2011.

Ada married FRANKLIN Reggie Between 1 Jul 1947 and 30 Sep 1947, Exeter RD, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

Ada married LAURISTEN John 1977, Juneau, Alaska, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: C016
• Probate: 14 Mar 1955, Exeter, Devon, England

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Probate:
Sir Charles Francis, otherwise Sir Francis C.S.I. C.I.E Knight. To Jean Bovett (wife of Robert Bovett) Helen Louise Roberts (wife of John Emrys Ffoulks Roberts) Ruth Howard (wife of Henry James Slater Howard) and Charles Richard Waterfall, ship builder. Effects: £17854 3s 5d

Jean married BOVETT Robert 23 Jul 1949, Honiton, Devon, England. Robert was born 1 Nov 1917, England; died 11 Aug 1992, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: C018
• Probate: 14 Aug 2015, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales

Helen married ROBERTS John Emrys ffoulks 1947, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ruth Howard
• Reference Number: C020

Ruth married HOWARD Henry James Slater Between 1 Jul 1948 and 30 Sep 1948, Exeter RD, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

Living married MALKINSON J.A. [Group Sheet]

Anne married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married CHISLETT S.L. [Group Sheet]

Living married JACOBS J.H. [Group Sheet]

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David married NUTALL Susan. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth married FAIRWEATHER David 1988, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet]

Living married VINE R. [Group Sheet]

Living married BRAMAH L. [Group Sheet]

Living married THURSTON M.L. [Group Sheet]

Living married PARKS C.D. [Group Sheet]

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Sarah married ROBINSON Peter Nigel J. Between 1 Oct 1973 and 31 Dec 1973, Barkston Ash RD, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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