Edmund White, M.I.Mech.E.
Born son of Alfred White, F.G.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., etc.
Trained at Powis and Co., Millwall and at Palmer's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne.
B.O.T. Cert. App. with Powis & Co., Cyclops Works, Millwall, continued as Draughtsman;
R. Waygood and Co., as Draughtsman
Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Jarrow
1882 At sea as Marine Engineer in the Navy (under Admiral Beauchamp Seymour ), during the Egyptian War, as Engr. on board ship at Alexandria, Port Said and Malta
Partner in his father's business, Alfred White and Sons (Est. 1775 ), Engr. of the Co., etc.
1910 Working on his own account as Mech., Mar. and Cons. Engr.
WWI Offered his services; appointed Asst. Inspector of Munition Areas, stationed in Scotland; afterwards Inspector Aircraft Work; then Senior Asst. Engr., No. 7 Hayes National Shell Filling Factory, until the end of the War.
Then Mechanical, Marine and Consulting Engineer.