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Sir Percy Girouard, railway engineer of empire

Percy Girouard in 1899 (Wm. Notman & Son, McCord Museum). Girouard, Percy 1899 · Studio Wn. Notman & Son · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Percy Girouard of Montréal, a graduate of the Royal Military College in Kingston, joined the Royal Engineers in 1888. He built the Wadi Halfa–Khartoum railway from 1896, directed railways in South Africa and oversaw the line to Kano in Northern Nigeria, later serving as governor of Northern Nigeria and of East Africa and as Britain’s director general of munitions supply.

Scope & context

Girouard as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Sir Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text