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 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 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.

George Backhouse Whitaker

From Graces Guide

George Backhouse Whitaker (1891- )

1922 O.B.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., A.M.E.E., Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, 3, Cardigan Road, Headingley, Leeds; b. 1891. Ed. Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University. Sometime Assistant Engineer Caucasus Copper Co., Ltd., South Russia. Member of the Leeds Liberal Club. War Services.—March, 1915, to December, 1919, in Royal Engineers, attaining rank of Major. Awarded O.B.E.

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