Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,349 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Oscar Borer

From Graces Guide

Oscar Dafter Borer (1895-1966) B.E., B.Sc. (N.Z.), M.Inst.C.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., M.I. Struct.E, M.Inst.W.E., M.Inst.M. & Cy.E.

Born at Lower Hutt, New Zealand, the son of Enos Mark Lewis Borer

Career: Asst. Engr., P.W.D., New Zealand;

1920-22 Asst. Engr., Port of London Authority.

1922-24 Agent, Trollope and Colls, Ltd. (Civil Eng.).

1924-29 Walter Jones and Sons, Ltd.

1926 Married (1) at Durham to Beatrice Augusta "Merlie" Vermeulen

1930-31 Sub Agent, Sir J. Norton Griffiths on Assuan Dam; Asst. Engr., L.C.C. Chief Engr., Gt. Ouse Catchment Board, 1931.

1939 Chief Engr., Gt. Ouse Catchment Board, Elmhurst, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge. Private address: 25, Barrow Road, Cambridge.

1951 Owns the Eros Club, Lancaster Gate. Fined.[1]

1953 Death of his wife Beatrice Augusta Borer of Bexhill.[2]

1960 Married (2) at Fulham to Jenny Elizabeth Hancock

1966 Died at Bexhill.

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Sources of Information

  1. Paddington Mercury - Friday 09 November 1951
  2. Kensington News and West London Times - Friday 27 February 1953