1932 Who's Who in Railways: Name G
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GAMBLE (S. A.), A.M.I.Mech.E, Assistant to Locomotive Running Superintendent, Southern Area, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Gamble commenced his railway career in 1903 as a pupil on the Midland Railway at their Kentish Town works, being transferred to Derby three years later. On the expiration of his pupilage at Derby he entered the service of the Great Central Railway as an Assistant to the Works Manager at Gorton in January, 1910. In 1915 he was loaned to the Ministry of Munitions, being appointed Senior Assistant Inspecting Officer for the Sheffield Area. On returning to the Great Central Railway, in March 1919, he was appointed Technical Assistant to the Locomotive Running Superintendent and subsequently held a similar position in the Southern Area of the London and North Eastern Railway.
GARDINER (R.), Assistant Superintendent, Eastern Section, Southern Area, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Gardiner entered the service of the late North British Railway in October, 1897. After occupying the position of Booking Clerk at various places until 1901, he was transferred to the Commercial Department, where he remained until 1903, when he entered the Superintendent of the Line's office at Waverley Station, Edinburgh. After passing through the different sections of that office, he was appointed, in 1918, Assistant to the Assistant Superintendent of the Line, and from that date until October, 1923, it was his duty to exercise close supervision over all movements of traffic, both passenger and goods. Between 1912 and 1915 Mr. Gardiner was actively engaged in connection with operating work, especially details relating to the lay-out and ramifications of the extensive system of train control in the North British Area. In October, 1923, he was appointed Assistant District Superintendent at Sunderland, and in June, 1927, became Assistant District Superintendent at Newcastle, receiving his present appointment in November, 1927.
GATENBY (O. C.), M.Inst.T., Mineral Manager (Southern Area), London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Gatenby succeeded Mr. T, C. Higgins as Mineral Manager, Great Central Railway, in April, 1920. He entered the service of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1892, and for several years held the position of Staff Clerk in the General Manager's Office. In 1905 he was appointed Assistant Mineral Manager, with headquarters at Manchester, and subsequently at Chesterfield. In 1909 he was transferred to Doncaster, and assumed control of the company's coal business in the South Yorkshire district, whilst in 1918 he was retransferred to the Mineral Managers Department at Chesterfield. Towards the end of 1927 lie was appointed Mineral Manager for the whole of the Southern Area.
GEE (Vernon), Assistant to Chief Accountant (Scotland), London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Gee entered the service of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1896, and was transferred to the Chief Accountant's Office in Manchester in April, 1901. In 1911 the Railways (Accounts and Returns) Bill entailed a great deal of special work, and later, when this measure became operative in 1913, a complete reorganization of the accounting system was necessary. In this work Mr. Gee took a prominent part, the immediate result being his appointment as Personal Assistant to the Chief Accountant. In 1920he was appointed to the new position of Assistant Accountant, and from January 1st, 1922, on the amalgamation of the London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Companies, was made Divisional Accountant of the new London and North Western Company. Early in 1923 he was appointed Divisional Accountant, Manchester, London Midland and Scottish Railway, subsequently being appointed Assistant to Chief Accountant, Scotland.
GIBB (Paul), Goods Manager, North-Eastern Area, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Gibb succeeded Mr. Thomas Hornsby as Goods Manager, North Eastern Area, L.N.E.R., in 1928, He is a son of Sir George Gibb, formerly General Manager of the North Eastern Railway and subsequently Chairman of the Roads Board. Educated at Rugby and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Mr. Paul Gibb qualified as a solicitor, but eventually joined the Traffic Department of the North Eastern Railway. He subsequently occupied various positions in the Divisional Goods Manager's office at Newcastle. He was Assistant District Goods Manager from November, 1919, to April, 1921, and subsequently Assistant to the Chief Goods Manager. During the war, Mr. Gibb attained the rank of major in the Royal Army Service Corps, and was awarded the Military Cross. In June, 1922, he was appointed Assistant, Accountant to the North Eastern Railway, and when the London and North Eastern Railway was formed became Divisional Accountant, North Eastern Area. In October, 1923, he was appointed Assistant to the Divisional General Manager, Southern Area, but in June of the following year transferred to a corresponding position as Assistant to the Divisional General Manager of the North Eastern Area. Early in 1927 he was appointed to be District Goods Manager at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
GIBSON (Archibald Leslie), Continental Traffic Manager (South), London and North Eastern Railway. Appointed Continental Traffic 11ianager (South) in 1924. Previously Assistant Continental Traffic Manager, Great Eastern Railway. He entered the Great Eastern Railway service in 1899 in the General Manager's office. Ten years later he was deputed to study suburban traffic problems, and many of the special measures taken in regard thereto by the Great Eastern Railway at that time were based upon his recommendations. Engaged subsequently upon other special investigations, and in various branches of the work of the department, he eventually became Principal Assistant under Mr. A. P. Parker, then Assistant to the General Manager of the late Great Eastern Railway. For some years also he assisted Mr. Parker in the production of the Great Eastern Railway Magazine. During the war period Mr. Gibson was engaged on special duties in Paris. In 1919-20 Mr. Gibson was attached temporarily to the company's General Continental Agency, whence business took him to various parts of the Continent. In July of the latter year, he was appointed Assistant Continental Traffic Manager. Mr. Gibson succeeded Mr. Busk on a special sub-committee (Railway Clearing House) appointed to examine the Conventions of the International Regime of Railways and the International Regime of Maritime Ports. He was also nominated a member of a permanent sub-committee to report upon railway questions of an international nature, and is a Delegate to the International Union of Railways.
GILBERT (Frank), Secretary, Railway Staff Conference, etc. Mr. Frank Gilbert, of the General Manager's Office, Southern Railway, was appointed Secretary of the Railway Staff Conference, etc., at 35, Parliament Street, vice the late Mr. S. J. Burbidge, in 1928. Mr. Gilbert entered L.S.W.R. service in February, 1910, and had a wide, general outside experience before being appointed to the General Manager's Office in January, 1914. Just before the outbreak of the war he was appointed to the staff of the Railway Executive Committee, and remained there until he enlisted and joined the British Expeditionary Force in France in September, 1914. He was commissioned in 1916, and at the Armistice was serving as the A.M.F.O., Paris. On his return to railway service he held appointments in the Publicity and Continental Departments, and since the amalgamation acted as Personal Assistant to Mr. A. Harris, Staff Assistant to Sir Herbert Walker, K.C.B., and also as Secretary of the Southern Railway Staff Conference.
GLOVER (George Tertius), M.Inst.C.E., Locomotive Engineer. Great Northern Railway of Ireland. Mr. Glover was educated at Lancing College and at the Royal School of Mines. He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. James Simpson & Co., London, and Messrs. Neilson & Co., Glasgow. Leaving the latter firm, he entered, at Gateshead, in 1894, the service of the North Eastern Railway as draughtsman, and was afterwards in the Testing of Materials and Boiler Inspection Department. Subsequently he was with Mr. D. Bain at York, and in 1901 was appointed Manager of the Carriage and Wagon Works at Walker Gate. In 1903, under Mr. V. L. Raven, he was given charge of all electrical carriage stock on the Tynemouth electrification, both running and maintenance (electrical and otherwise). Mr. Glover was subsequently appointed Manager of Shildon Wagon Works, and in 1909 went to Gateshead Locomotive Works as Manager. His present railway position dates from 1912, and comprises all locomotive, carriage, wagon and electrical work on the Great Northern Railway of Ireland. At the end of 1916 Mr. Glover received a Commission in the Royal Engineers, and was on active service in France as Chief Mechanical Engineer to the broad-gauge railways operated by the British armies, retiring with the honorary rank of Colonel, 1918.
GOODRICKE (Francis), Assistant Advertising Manager, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Goodricke entered the service of the North Eastern Railway Company in 1894. Although at different times attached to other Departments, his service for the most part was in the Advertising Department. Upon the amalgamation of the companies forming the L.N.E.R. he was appointed Advertising Manager's Representative. North-Eastern Area, but during 1923 principally assisted the Advertising Manager at headquarters. His present appointment dates from early in 1924.
GRACIE (William McAuley), M.Inst.T., Assistant Goods Manager (Southern Area), London and North Eastern Railway. Appointed in 1923, Mr. Gracie was previously Chief Clerk to the Chief Goods Manager of the Great Central Railway, to which position he was appointed in August, 1915. He entered Great Central Railway service at Keadby goods station in November, 1902, and after serving at several stations, covering passenger, goods and coal shipping work, was, in May, 1905, transferred to the office of the District Superintendent at Doncaster, where he served also as travelling clerk with the District Superintendent. In April, 1911, he was attached to the General Manager's office in connection with new works and special matters. Towards the end of 1912 he became personal clerk to the Chief Goods Manager, and in 1915 Chief Clerk, as already mentioned.
GRAHAM (W. A.), O.B.E., Mechanical Engineer, Dock and Marine Department, Southern Railway. Mr. Graham entered the service of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1890, as an apprentice in the marine and locomotive workshops. He was appointed Junior. Engineer in the company's cross-Channel fleet in 1895, and after passing through the various ranks, became Chief Engineer in 1903. He had obtained, in 1900, his extra first-class Board of Trade certificate. In 1912, Mr. Graham was appointed Assistant Marine Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. During the war he was Engineer Officer on the naval staff at Newhaven, with the rank of Engineer-Commander (R.N.R.), which rank he still holds. His services in connection with transport, salvage, etc., were recognised by the award of the O.B.E. (Military), and he also received letters of thanks from the Admiralty, the Minister of Shipping, and the Minister of Transport, regarding his work in connection with the war. Mr. Graham was appointed Assistant Mechanical Engineer, Southern Railway, Southampton Docks, in 1924, and held that position until January, 1931, when he was appointed to his present position in succession to Mr. E. H. Dashper. He is a vice-president of the Institute of Marine Engineers, a member of the Institution of Naval Architects and of the Southampton University Engineering Society.
GRAND (K. W. C.), Commercial Advertising and Publicity Agent to Superintendent of the Line, Great Western Railway. Mr. Grand was educated at Rugby, and joined the Company's service in 1919 at Park Royal Goods Station. After gaining experience there, at Ealing Broadway, and in the Divisional Superintendent's Office at Paddington, he was transferred to the General 'Manager's Office in 1922. In March, 1926, he was appointed the Company's General A gent in the United States and Canada. He returned to England in 1929, and was appointed on May 1st Assistant Publicity Agent, which position he held until his appointment, dating from July, 1930, as Commercial Advertising Agent to the Superintendent of the Line. His present appointment dates from January, 1932.
GRASEMANN (Cuthbert), Public Relations and Advertising Officer, General Manager's Office, Southern Railway. Mr. Grasemann was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. On leaving Cambridge he joined the staff of Bull, Austin & Co., the advertising and printing firm, who worked to a large extent with railway printing contractors. Owing to alterations to this firm, he joined the South Eastern and Chatham. Railway Company in January, 1912, being appointed an Assistant District Superintendent in May, 1914. During the war Mr. Grasemann served over four years in the R.O.D. (R..E.) in France, retaining the rank .of captain upon demobilisation. He relinquished the post of Assistant Western Divisional Operating Superintendent to take up his new duties on March 31st, 1930. He is a son of the late Mr. C. E' Grasemann, a, former Chief Goods Manager of the late London and North Western Railway.
GRASETT (E. D.), O.B.E., Divisional Superintendent of Operation, Derby, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Grasett entered the service of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, under Mr. Haig Brown, then. Superintendent of the Line. After experience in the fares and rates office and at stations he was transferred to the Goods Train Department, giving attention to working at most of the large yards on the system. When the Great Central extension to London was opened, he was appointed Chief Clerk to the District Superintendent at Leicester. In 1903, Mr. Grasett was appointed Outdoor Assistant to the Traffic Superintendent of the North Staffordshire Railway, holding that position until, in November, 1913, he was appointed Assistant to the General Manager. In April, 1914, he became Traffic Superintendent, a position which he held until the formation of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, when he became Superintendent of the North Staffordshire Section. In January, 1924, he became Temporary Assistant to the Chief General Superintendent at Derby. He was appointed Divisional Superintendent, Derby, in January, 1927, and in May, 1929, became Assistant to Chief General Superintendent (Discipline), Derby, which position he held until receiving his present appointment early this year. Mr. Grasett was awarded the O.B.E. during the war, and is a Member of the Institute of Transport.
GRAVESON (F. H.), Assistant to Divisional General Manager, and Head of Traffic Statistics Office (North-Eastern Area), London and North Eastern Railway. Joined the North Eastern Railway in 1894 as a clerk in the Trains Department of the Superintendent of the Line. In the following year he transferred to the newly formed Advertising Department, and three or four years later took up staff and statistical work and was in charge of the Staff Section of the Superintendent's Office at the time of the reorganisation of the railway in 1902. Towards the end of 1902, at the request of Sir George Gibb, he took up special work in connection with operating costs. In 1909 he was given charge of Parliamentary and Railway Commission cases, together with the supervision of Statistics of Operation in the General Manager's Office. In 1918 Mr. Graveson accompanied Sir Guy Granet on a special mission to the United States and acted as Director of Statistics in the British Ministry of Food there. He returned to the North Eastern Railway at the beginning of 1919.
GREGORY (S. A. V.), District Passenger Manager, London and North Eastern Railway. He entered Great Northern Railway service in the London District Goods Superintendent's Office at King's Cross in September, 1892, and in July, 1898, was transferred to the London District Goods Manager's Department.. In June, 1902, in connection with departmental reorganization involving the separation of the operating and commercial departments, he was appointed Chief Clerk to the Assistant Divisional Superintendent at King's Cross, and in January, 1911, became Chief Clerk to the London Goods Superintendent, and subsequently, in January, 1921, Outdoor Assistant, in 1926 Assistant to London District Manager, and in 1928 took his present position.
GRESLEY (H. N.), C.B.E., M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst.T., Chief Mechanical Engineer, London and North Eastern Railway, served his apprenticeship at Crewe, under Mr. Webb, and was afterwards a pupil under Mr. Aspinall, at Horwich. After several minor posts in the Locomotive Department, he was made Outdoor Assistant in the Carriage and Wagon Department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. In 1901 he was Assistant Works Manager at Newton Heath, and in the following year Works Manager. In 1904 he became Assistant Superintendent of the Carriage and Wagon Department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. A year later he was appointed Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, which position he held until October, 1911, when he succeeded Mr. Ivatt as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway. His present appointment dates from February, 1923.
GRIBBLE (Conrad), M.Inst.C.E., Assistant Engineer (New Works and Bridges), Southern Railway. In 1923 Mr. Gribble was appointed Chief Engineer to the Bridge Stress Committee of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Prior to that he was attached to the Engineer's Department of the North Eastern Area, London and North Eastern Railway, having been appointed in 1922 Leading and Bridge Assistant to the Chief Engineer of the then North Eastern Railway. Mr. Gribble commenced his railway career as a pupil of Mr. W. Marriott (Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway) at Melton Constable, and in 1901 was Assistant Resident Engineer on the construction of the Breydon Viaduct, Great Yarmouth and the Lowestoft Junction Railway. In 1902 he became Assistant in the office of the late Mr. W. J. Cudworth, Engineer of the Southern Division of the North Eastern Railway. In 1915 he was appointed Assistant to Assistant Engineer, Maintenance, under Mr. C. F. Bengough, Chief Engineer, North Eastern Railway. In 1920 he acted as Chairman of a sub-committee of engineering assistants appointed by the Railway Engineers' Association to report on loading tables and permissible stresses, etc., in bridge design. While in North Eastern Railway service Mr. Gribble assisted and represented the Chief Engineer on the British Engineering Standards Association Sub-Committee on Girder Bridges. In 1903 Mr. Gribble was awarded the "Miller" prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers for a paper on automatic signalling, and in 1907 was elected an Associate Member of the Institution, being transferred to the class of Member in 1926. Since 1925 Mr. Gribble has been one of the examiners for the Institution of Civil Engineers examinations for associate membership, and has served as Vice-Chairman of the Yorkshire Association of that Institution. His present appointment dates from 1927.
GRIFFITH (G. H.), C.B.E., General Manager, Pullman Car Co., Ltd. Held the position of Deputy General Manager, Egyptian State Railways, from January, 1924, until appointed to his present position. He was educated at Oswestry School and entered the service of the London and North Western Railway in June, 1896. In 1902 he was appointed Assistant Divisional Traffic Superintendent on the Egyptian State Railways, was promoted Assistant to Traffic Manager in April, 1905; Divisional Traffic Superintendent, Upper Egypt, August, 1906; General Traffic Superintendent, Alexandria, January, 1909; Goods Manager, January, 1919; and Deputy General Manager, January, 1924. His Egyptian decorations are :—Fourth Class Order of Mejidieh, 1911; Third Class Order of Nile, 1916; and Third Class Order of Ismail, 1925.
GROOM (I. S. W.), Locomotive Running Superintendent (Southern Area), London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Groom served his apprenticeship on the Great Northern Railway under Mr. Ivatt. After taking charge of several districts he was appointed Outdoor Assistant to the Locomotive Running Superintendent in 1913. In 1918 he was appointed Locomotive Running Superintendent under the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway. On amalgamation, he was appointed as Assistant Locomotive Running Superintendent for the Southern Area, London and North Eastern Railway, and in May, 1926, Locomotive Running Superintendent for the Scottish Area, taking his present position in March, 1931.
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