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Edward Henry Keil

From Graces Guide

Edward 'Eddie" Henry Keil (1901-1968) of E. Keil and Co - Keil Kraft

Born at Bethnal Green, the son of Edward Keil, a Molder Saw Mills.

Educated at Eardley Road School

1911 Residing at 116 Greenwood Road, hackney.[1]

1933 Married at Bethnal Green to Rosina E. Davey

1939 Residing at 21 Leigh Road, Leyton, Essex, Company Director - Woodworking Mfg. With Rosina E. Keil.[2]

WWII Worked on producing parts for the De Havilland Mosquito

c.1946 Started E. Keil and Co. The company employed around 200 at its peak.

1968 November 13th. Eddie Keil died in a road accident on the A127. Of 21 Leigh Road, London E.10. 'A 50-year-old man died in a road accident near Warley Street, on the Southend Arterial Road on Wednesday when a car he was driving was in collision with an articulated lorry...'[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 Census
  2. 1939 Register
  3. Brentwood Gazette - Friday 15 November 1968