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 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 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.

Robert Gerard Addison Holmes

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Robert Gerard Addison Holmes (1881- )

1922 Lt.-Col., C.M.G., 0.B.E., D.Sc., Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.N.A., Naval Arch.; b. 1881; s. of Sir George Holmes, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. Ed. and Trained: Wellington College and Glasgow University. App. to Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Govan; served on Staff of William Beardmore and Co., Dalmuir; Asst. to Prof. of Naval Architecture, and Lecturer in Mar. Eng., University of Glasgow; Asst. to the Naval Arch., Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., Liverpool; Lt.-Commander and Commander R.N.V.R.; transferred to R.A.F., as Lt.-Col., 1918; served with Naval Flying Units in North Sea and on Admiralty and Air Force Staff. Address: c/o Sir George Holmes, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., St. James' Club, Piccadilly.

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