Arthur Dansey Jones (1871-1937)
1937 Obituary [1]
ARTHUR DANSEY JONES, O.B.E., M.V.O., was the first locomotive running superintendent of the Southern Railway, having occupied this position since the grouping of the railways in 1923. He was the son of Canon W. T. Jones, and was born in 1871 at Tilford, Farnham, and educated at Haileybury.
In 1889 he was articled to Sir John A. F. Aspinall, Hon.M.I.Mech.E., and he completed his pupilage at the Horwich Works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1892. After holding various junior positions in the locomotive running department, and in the outdoor carriage and wagon department he was made chief assistant in charge of the outdoor locomotive department. He was appointed to the newly formed position of outdoor locomotive, carriage, and wagon superintendent, and in 1912 he accepted a similar position on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Mr. Jones had particularly heavy responsibilities during the War, and in 1918 he was awarded the O.B.E. for his services.
On the formation of the Southern Railway, Mr. Jones moved his headquarters to Waterloo and organized the new locomotive running department. He was created a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1929. In 1936 he retired, after forty-seven years' railway service, and lived at Guildford. His death occurred on 23rd August 1937, during a Mediterranean cruise on board the S.S. Strathmore; and he was buried at sea.
He was elected a Graduate of the Institution in 1890 and was transferred to Associate Membership in 1899 and to Membership in 1905. He was president of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers for the session 1917-18.
1937 Obituary.[2]
Arthur Dansey Jones, M.V.O., O.B.E. (Past-President), was the son of Canon W. I. Jones, and was born at Tilford, Surrey, on the 5th June, 1871. He was educated at Haileybury College and later at Owens College, Manchester, where he received his technical education.
In 1889 he became a pupil of the late Sir John Aspinall on the former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, at Horwich Shops, and after completion of his practical training In 1892 he had fifteen months’ experience in the electrical department at Horwich. Following upon this, Mr. A. D. Jones entered upon his long association with locomotive running with eight months as an Assistant District Loco. Foreman, and then five months as District Loco. Foreman, next appointed Superintendent, Carriages and Following this, Loco. Running Yorkshire Railway in Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.
Upon the formation of the Southern Railway in 1923 he was appointed Locomotive Running Superintendent, with......