1932 Who's Who in Railways: Name Q
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QUARTERMAINE (Allan S.), M.C.. M.Inst.C.E., B.Sc., Assistant Chief Engineer (Permanent Way and Docks), Great Western Railway. Mr. Quartermaine, appointed to this position in January, 1929, graduated in engineering science at London University with first-class honours, won the Chadwick Scholarship and Gold Medal for municipal engineering and the Head Memorial Medal for civil and mechanical engineering, also the University College Diploma for civil engineering (with distinction) and for mechanical engineering. After a period of practical training under the Hertfordshire County Surveyor and with the Tees-side Bridge and Engineering Company, Mr. Quartermaine joined the service of the Great Western Railway in 1910 and was attached to the Divisional Engineer's Office at Wolverhampton. He resigned in 1911, but in 1912 he re-entered the service in the Wolverhampton Office, and in 1913 was transferred to the Chief Office at Paddington as an Assistant. In 1920 he was appointed Chief Assistant to the Divisional Engineer at Gloucester, and in 1924 returned to Paddington as Assistant to the Joint Chief Engineers, leaving there in January, 1926, to take up the position of Divisional Engineer at Bristol. Mr. Quartermaine went to Egypt in 1915 as a Second Lieutenant in the 116th Company, R.E. In February, 1917, he was appointed New Works Engineer for the Palestine Military Railways and occupied that post until his return to England in. 191.9. Mr. Quartermaine was promoted to the rank of major, mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross. In 1924 he raised and commanded the Railway Bridging Company of the Royal Engineers (Supplementary Reserve) which was enrolled from the four railway groups.
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