Biography
He took his apprenticeship at Yarrow & Co. plant at the Isle of Dogs in London.
He enetered the drawing office in 1900 and spent five years there and three years in the machine shop.
He left for Canada and bought a small farm at Abbottsford BC.
In 1911-1914 he was a Draughtsman at Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt BC.
In 1915 he was working at Cowes Isle of Wight as a draftsman for J. Samuel White & Co.
He returned to Canada in 1916 and worked for three years as a Loftsman for Yarrows Ltd. in Victoria.
He was Chief Loftsman at the Harbour & Marine Co. (a subsidiary of VMD) in Victoria.
In 1921-2 he was Loftsman for Wallace Shipyards at Prince Rupert.
He worked for five years in San Diego and in 1927 he returned to the UK.
He worked for one year with day Summers at Southampton.
He worked 1928-1941 with John I. Thorneycroft & Co. at the Isle of Wight.
He joined Yarrows Ltd. in 1941 and was employed in the mould loft until 1946.
He retired in 1946.
