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 174,148 pages of information and 250,321 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 Ernest Lillie

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George Ernest Lillie (1870-1960)

Born the son of Rev William Lillie

1896 Married Alice Mary Conder

1907-1910 Superintendent, Kalka-Simla Railway

1922 M.Inst.C.E., c/o H. S. King and Co., 9, Pall Mall, London, S.W. r; b. 1870; s. of Rector of Newchurch, Kent. Ed. Coopers Hill. Appointed to the Indian P.W.D. (Rlys.), 1892. Training for one year with the G. N. Railway, under arrangements made by the India Office. Engaged on construction of Indian Frontier Railways, 1893-5; bridge work and maintenance, N.-W. Railway, India, 1895-7; construction and management, Udaipur Railway, Rajputana, 18971903; survey of Nagda Muttra, 1903-4; Deputy Consulting Engineer and Under Secretary to the Bombay Government for Railways, 1904-5; Manager of the B. G. J.P. Railways in Kathiawar, 1905-6; furlough; Superintendent, Kalka-Simla Railway, 1907-10; Deputy Chairman (and for six months Chairman) of the Bombay Port Trust, 1910-12; furlough; Deputy Agent, Eastern Bengal State Railway, Calcutta, 1913-14; throughout the war in Egypt as General Manager, Delta Light Railway; now Secretary, East Indian Railway.

1939 Living at Cheltenham, Civil Engineer, Retired.

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