William Elrington Longfield
William Elrington Longfield (1874- )
1922 Lt.-Col., late R.E., M.I.Mech.E., Deputy Gen. Man., Sudan Government Railways; b. 1874; s. of Rev. Richard Longfield, M.A. Ed. Clifton College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Career: War Office, 1896-8; Sudan Railways, 1899; in charge of Surveys for Nile-Red Sea Railways; Chief Engr., Sudan Railways, 1905; Deputy Gen. Man., Sudan Railways, 1906; Egyptian Expeditionary Forces, 1915-17, commanding R.E., Alexandria. Club: United Service. Address: Atbara, Sudan.