1932 Who's Who in Railways: Name P
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PAGE (Charles S.), Chief Docks Manager, Great Western Railway. Mr. Page, District Superintendent at The North Eastern Railway, was appointed Assistant General Manager of the Cardiff Railway and Bute Docks in 1920., He started in 1886 as Junior Clerk in the General Goods Manager's Office, North Eastern Railway, at York, and in 1890 was transferred to the General Manager's Office. Three years later he became Personal Clerk to the General Manager, a position he held until 1901, when he was appointed Chief Clerk of the District Goods Manager's Office, Hull. The following year found him A8eistant Yardmaster at Hull, and twelve months later Yardmaster. In 1907 Mr. Page was promoted to be Assistant Divisional Goods Manager at Hull, where he remained for three years, when he was made District Goods and Mineral Manager, Leeds and York district. In 1913 he became District Superintendent at Hull. His appointment as Assistant Docks Manager was due to the amalgamation of the Cardiff with the Great Western Railway in 1922. In 1926 Mr. Page became Chief Docks Manager.
PAGE (H. F. D.), Assistant to Signal Engineer, Great Western Railway. Mr. Page, who was born in 1882, was educated at Worcester Grammar School, and served his apprenticeship with McKenzie & Holland, railway signalling and interlocking engineers. Subsequently he entered the service of the Taff Vale Railway Company, from which he was transferred to the Great Western Railway in 1906, as a draughtsman in the Signal Engineer's Office at Reading. He was appointed Interlocking Surveyor in 1912, and Assistant to the Signal Engineer in 1923. When, early in 1925, a divisional office was opened at Cardiff, in order to facilitate the control of Great Western Railway signal and telegraph work in South Wales, Mr. Page was appointed the first Divisional Signal Engineer. His present appointment dates from 1928.
PAICE (F. J.), A.M.Inst.C.E., Dock and Harbour Assistant, Chief Engineer's Office, Euston, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Paice served a pupilage with J. I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd., from 1885 to 1890, and for the next six years was on the staff of the Maintenance Engineer at Crewe, London and North Western Railway. From 1896 to 1906 he served with Goode, Son & Matthews, Consulting Engineers, Westminster, in 1897, being appointed an Inspecting Engineer in the Midlands, and in 1900 becoming Chief Assistant to the Engineer in charge of the reconstruction of the North Pier, Tynemouth. In 1906 he rejoined the London and North Western Railway on the staff of the Chief Engineer as Steelwork Inspection Assistant, in 1913 being appointed Staff Assistant. He continued in a similar capacity under the London Midland and Scottish Railway until receiving his present appointment. Mr. Paice served for a number of years with the R.N.V.R., being commissioned sub-lieutenant in 1903. He was placed on the retired list in 1921, with the rank of Commander, R.N.V.R.
PAPE (W. G.), O.B.E., M.Inst.T., Indoor Assistant to General Manager, Southern Railway. Mr. Pape entered London, Brighton and South Coast Railway service in the General Manager's office in 14 February, 1900. After occupying various positions in that office he was appointed Assistant Staff Clerk. He was trained under Mr. Finlay Scott, the Superintendent of the Line, and obtained practical experience in signalling, station working and general outdoor working in the operating department. In January, 1909, Mr. Pape was appointed to the position of Assistant Private Secretary, afterwards, in July, 1910, becoming Private Secretary to Sir William Forbes, then General Manager. From July, 1916, while retaining existing duties he also acted as Chief Clerk in the General Manager's office, being definitely appointed to that position in January, 1918, and promoted to the rank of Chief Assistant to the General Manager in January, 1921. Mr. Pape was responsible for the organisation and development of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Training School. He was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services rendered during the war, and was elected an Honorary Serving Brother of the Order of St. John for work in connection with the ambulance movement His present appointment dates from 1923.
PEARSON (G. H.), O.B.E., Assistant Mechanical Engineer, Southern Railway. —At the conclusion of his apprenticeship (during which he was given special leave of absence to enter upon a course of study at the University College, London), Mr. Pearson entered the Works Drawing Office at Swindon, Great Western Railway. In 1898 he was transferred to the principal drawing office. Later, he gained experience as an Inspector of Purchased Materials, subsequently returning to the drawing office. In 1902 he was appointed an Inspector in the Locomotive Works at Swindon, and shortly afterwards an Assistant Manager, eventually becoming Assistant Manager, Carriage, Wagon and Timber Department. In February. 1914, he joined the South Eastern and Chatham Railway as Works Manager at Ashford. His present appointment dates from January 1st, 1924.
PEPPER (W. J.), Assistant Passenger Manager (Southern Area), London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Pepper was appointed Assistant to Divisional General Manager, Southern Area, in 1924, becoming Assistant Passenger Manager, Southern Area, in 1929. He was formerly in the service of the Great Northern Railway, and after a period in the Goods Department, entered the General Manager's Office of that, company in 1898. In 1911 he succeeded Mr. Selway as Secretary of the Conciliation Boards, and later became Secretary of the Sectional Railway Councils for the Great Northern Company. On the formation of the London and North Eastern Railway in January, 1923, Mr. Pepper was appointed Principal Staff Clerk in the office of the Chief General Manager, under Mr. Kenelm Kerr, Assistant General Manager (Staff), and amongst his other duties, filled the position of Secretary of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway Councils. PETERS (G. N.), Manager, Hotels Department, Northern Scottish Area, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Peters is the son of Mr. John Peters, Manager of the Grosvenor Hotel, London. He has had an extensive and varied experience of the hotel business. He received his early hotel training on the Continent, spending a period of four years in various establishments in Paris, Cannes, Beaulieu. Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin, returning to London prior to the outbreak of war to take up a departmental appointment in the Ritz Hotel. During the war he saw active service as a captain in the R.F.A. He was appointed Assistant Manager of the Grand Hotel, London, in 1919, and Assistant in the Savoy Hotel in 1921. Prior to becoming Manager of the company's Station Hotel, Glasgow—which position he vacated to go to his headquarters, the Palace Hotel, Aberdeen, early in 1925—he had the management of seaside hotels at Frinton-on-Sea and Cliftonville, Margate.
PHILIP (W.), Divisional Accountant, Scottish Area, London and North Eastern Rai I way. Mr. Philip entered North British Railway service in 1889, at Dunfermline (Upper), in the Goods Department. In November, 1890, he was transferred to the General Accountant's Department in Edinburgh, and after obtaining experience in various sections, was, in 1913, appointed Chief Clerk and Book-keeper. On the formation of the London and North Eastern Railway he was transferred to King's Cross and became Chief Book-keeper, which position he held until taking up his present appointment towards the end of 1929.
PHILLIPS (H. W.), Assistant Overseas and Continental Traffic Manager (Goods), London Midland and Scottish Railway. Entered Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway service in February, 1897, as a Junior Clerk in the General Manager's office. He was transferred to the Chief Goods Manager's office in June, 1902. On October 21st, 1902, he was made an Outdoor Assistant to Mr. J. Wharton, the then Goods Manager, and went to be Agent at Trafford Park on January 15th, 1904. After occupying this position for twelve months, he was appointed to act as the company's representative In Hamburg. He stayed in this position about four years. On January 1st, 1909, he was appointed Assistant Steamship Manager for the East Coast Services and filled this position until March, 1913, when he was called t-o Manchester as Assistant District Goods Manager. In February, 1919, Mr. Phillips was appointed Acting District Goods Manager, and twelve months later took over the position of District Goods Manager in Manchester. In 1925 he became District Goods Manager at Chester. His present appointment dates from 1927.
PICK (Frank), M.Inst.T., Managing Director, Metropolitan District and Associated Companies. Mr. Pick was born at Spalding, qualified as a solicitor in 1902, and became LL.B. (London) with first-class honours in 1903. He entered North Eastern Railway service in 1902, coming to London in 1906 with Sir George Gibb. He was for some years at the head of the Publicity Department of the London Underground Railways. In this sphere he achieved such success that he, was subsequently appointed Commercial Manager. In 1917 he became an Assistant to the Controller of Mines (the late Sir Guy Calthrop). At that time Mr. Pick's special task was to deal with matters in connection with the London coal distribution scheme—a work of no small magnitude—and he carried out his duties with distinction and credit for nearly two years. In 1919, changes were made in the personnel of the Coal Controller's Department, and Mr. Pick, then head of the Household Fuel and Lighting Branch, was obliged, by reason of the increased work devolving upon him in his capacity as Commercial Manager of the Underground Railways, to relinquish his executive function, though he consented, at the Controller's request, to continue to advise upon the administration of the branch. When, in 1921 a re-organisation of the railway and associated staff took place, Mr. Pick become an Assistant Managing Director. In 1928 he was appointed Managing Director.
PINFOLD (F. A.), Assistant to General Manager for Special Purposes, Southern Railway. — Mr. Pinfold was articled in Rugby to a leading architect and surveyor, and in 1896 entered the service of the London and North Western Railway in the London District Estate Office. He was transferred to the Surveyor's Office, and subsequently entered the service of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, being in 1920 appointed Estate Agent of that railway; 1923, appointed Assistant Estate Agent under Mr. Selwyn; 1926, appointed Assistant to the General Manager for Special Purposes.
POLLARD (A. G.), Assistant to Chief Accountant, Great Western Railway. Mr. Pollard entered the Company's service in 1904, and for most of the period from then until 1912, was attached to the Chief Accountant's Office at Swindon. He was transferred to Paddington in. August, 1912, and attached to the Departmental Accounts Section until 1920. In January of that year he was made Assistant in the Book-keeper's Section, and in 1922 was given charge of the Departmental Accounts Section, which latter post he held until 1923. Subsequently, he had charge of a section of the Chief Accountant's Office, dealing with all matters of a special nature, the most important of which were those arising out of the Railways Act, 1921_ In November, 1925, he became Chief Clerk to the Chief Accountant, and in August, 1930, was appointed to his present position. Mr. Pollard has acted as Secretary of the Railway Accountants' Committee since June, 1927.
POPE (F. A.), General Executive Assistant, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Pope was educated at Leys School, and entered the service of the former London and North Western Railway in 1909.. During the war he served in France from 1914 to 1916, and in the Salonica Force until 1919, attaining the rank of Major. He was mentioned in dispatches, and was awarded the Greek f Order of Merit and the White Eagle of Serbia. He was a member of the Inter-Allied Food and Transport Commission in reoccupied areas. From 1919 to 1921 Mr. Pope was on the staff of the Ministry of Transport, and returned to L.N.W.R. service in 1921, being attached to the General Manager's Department. In 1925 he was appointed Divisional Superintendent of the Nigerian Railway, and during his term of office there was Acting Superintendent of the Line for periods in 1927 and 1929. Returning to England Mr. Pope was, early in 1930, appointed Assistant to the Chief Officer for Labour and Establishment, London Midland and Scottish Railway.
POTTER (Frank R.), M.Inst.T., General Assistant to Superintendent of the Line, Great Western Railway. Mr. Potter entered Great Western Railway service on January 1st, 1895, as Booking Clerk at West Drayton and Yiewsley station, and was transferred in May, 1897, to the London Divisional Superintendent's Office, where he was employed in the Train Department until 1900, when, to gain further station experience, he went to Slough as Second Goods Clerk. After a short period he returned to the Divisional Superintendent's Office at Paddington, and remained on the staff of that office until 1907, the last four years as a Relief Clerk. In April, 1907, he was transferred to the staff of the Superintendent of the Line as . Passenger Train Runner, and July. 1911, appointed Assistant Divisional Superintendent at Plymouth. In May 1913 he was transferred to a similar Position in the London Division. On the inauguration of the Westbury Division in 1915, Mr. Potter was appointed the first Divisional Superintendent. In September, 1917, he became Divisional Superintendent at Plymouth, and in January, 1922, Divisional Superintendent at Paddington. He was appointed Operating Assistant to Superintendent of the Line in 1924, recently becoming General Assistant as above noted.
PRICE (Percy Howard), O.B.E., M.Inst.T., Secretary, Railway Clearing House. Appointed in December, 1919, to succeed the late Mr. H. Cuff Smart as Secretary to the Railway Clearing House. Mr. Price entered the service of the Clearing House in 1889, and was appointed head of the Secretarial Department in 1916 (where he spent the greater part of his service), and upon the death of Mr. Cuff Smart in October, 1919, was appointed Acting Secretary, pending confirmation of his present appointment. He served as Secretary of the Birmingham, South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire, Normanton and West Riding Conferences for many years.
PRITCHARD (Ion Buchanan), Chief Legal Adviser and Solicitor, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Ion Buchanan Pritchard succeeded Sir Francis Dunnell as Chief Legal Adviser to the London and North Eastern Railway at the end of 1928. He is the son of the late Prof. Urban Pritchard, formerly Aural Surgeon at King's College Hospital, and Professor of Aural Surgery at King's College. He was educated at Clifton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his M.A. degree. He was awarded the John Mackrell Prize at the final of the solicitors' examination, and later was articled with Sharpe, Pritchard & Co., Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents. He was admitted a Solicitor in October, 1906. In 1913 he became Assistant Solicitor to the Metropolitan Railway, and succeeded to the post of Chief Solicitor in 1918.
PURVES (J.), Assistant to Chief Mechanical Engineer (Carriages and Wagons), Derby, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Purves commenced his career with R. & W. Stephenson & Co., Ltd., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and finished his apprenticeship at the old North Road Works of the North Eastern Railway at Darlington. Subsequently, he was transferred to the Carriage and Wagon Department at York, and in due course became an Inspector of Materials. Later, he entered the service of the Midland Railway, and was appointed Outdoor Assistant to the Carriage and Wagon Superintendent. In 1923 he became Chief Outdoor Assistant to Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Early in 1928 he succeeded Mr. C. L. Mason as Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, Wolverton. His present appointment dates from January, 1931.
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