C. K. Rhodes

Charles Kenneth Rhodes CIE ICS (1889–1941) the only son of William Manfield Rhodes and Mary Eleanor Parish, was born on 5 May 1889, Guildford, Surrey, England.

Education
He attended Charterhouse School from 1902 to 1908, as a Junior & Senior Scholar of "Gownboys" House: Football XI, 1907-'08.

In 1908 he was awarded a Heath Harrison Exhibitioner (Sports Scholarship) at Brasenose College, University of Oxford.

Indian Civil Service
After University he joined the British Civil Service, he was transferred to British India, based at Shillong, Assam, India.

He received a Commission in the Army during WW1: The King has approved the admission Charles Kenneth Rhodes, to be Second Lieutenant, Infantry Branch on 21 May 1915 to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers:

On 21 May 1919, C.K. Rhodes was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain, in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers.

A group of British Civil Service officers introduced golf to Shillong in 1898 by constructing a nine-hole Shillong Golf Course.

In 1926 Captain Charles Kenneth Rhodes & Captain Jackson converted Shillong Golf Course from a nine-hole course into an 18-hole course. He was decorated by the King at St. James's Palace, 1 January 1936:

Charles Kenneth Rhodes, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Reforms Office. The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire — To be Companion of the Indian Empire:— CIE ICS

Marriage
On 26 of June 1915 his marriage engagement was published:

Mr. C K Rhodes and Miss M G Herbert. A marriage has been arranged between Charles Kenneth Rhodes I.C.S., Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached North Staffordshire Regt. Son of William M. Rhodes, of Sunnyholme, Bexhill on Sea. and Marjorie Geradine Herbert, daughter of the Hon. Leut. Colonel D. Herbert, LA, Inspector General of Police, Shillong, Assam, India.

He was married on Saturday, September 2, 1916 at All Saints Church, Shillong Assam, India, by the Right Reverend Herbert Parkenham Walsh, Bishop of Assam. Charles Kenneth Rhodes, son of William Manfield Rhodes & Mary Elanor Rhodes, to Margaret Geraldine Herbert, daughter of Lft. Col. Douglas Herbert & Margaret Herbert

Death
He was Killed 6 January 1941:

Official Dies in Crash. Bombay, India. Jan. 6 1941— Charles Kenneth Rhodes, secretary of the Home Department of the government, of India, and Lieutenant Col. J. C. Walker, on special duty in the home department, were killed today when an Indian National Airways plane crashed in flames shortly after taking off from the Delhi airdrome. The pilot also was killed.

Death Notice published in The Times: Charles Kenneth Rhodes, died tragically when the aircraft in which he was a passenger, crashed in Delhi, India, on January 6, 1941 aged 52 years. Commander Indian Empire, Indian Civil Service (C.I.E. I.C.S.). Buried on Jan 7 1941 New Delhi, Bengal, India.