Talk:C. K. Rhodes

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C.K. Rhodes is mentioned on most website pages on Shillong region, concerning Shillong Golf Club and the Shillong wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillong.

He was in fact Charles Kenneth Rhodes CIE ICS. His still incomplete story is of a dedicated public servant in then British controlled India. He was awarded Companion of the Indian Empire by the King of England for his service in India.

As Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Reforms Office, he was killed on 6 Jan 1941 in an Indian National Airways aircraft crash that I believe was kept secret. There are no searchable mentions of this crash on British, Indian or any aircraft crash websites, including Wikipedia. The only cited news articles reporting his death were found in obscure American newspapers. Additional details and contributions concerning his death are sought.

During WWII, Indian National Airways was under British Military control, according to Wikkipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Airways

He was a resident of Shillong with his Indian born children and wife, Margaret Geraldine Herbert a daughter of the Hon. Leut. Colonel D. Herbert, then the Inspector General of Police, Shillong, Assam, India.

His wife Margaret Geraldine Rhodes was a campaigner and lobyist for womens rights in India. She discussed her life experiences in India with her daughter in law Pamela M Rhodes, being particularly satisfied with the abolition of Sati, the burning alive of widows on their husbands funeral pyre:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)

Regards, Steve Rhodes

Rhodessj (talk) 06:21, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]