John William Clubley-Armstrong (1895-1969), AMIMechE
1895 Born in Fulham[1]
1906 Educated in India
1909 Educated at Watson's College, Edinburgh
1912-14 Glasgow Technical College; privilege apprentice with North British Locomotive Co
WWI Private and then 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Scots Fusiliers.[2]
1916-17 After being wounded, appointed assistant inspector Rendel, Palmer and Tritton
1917-19 Lieutenant, then Captain Royal Engineers, Transport Department, in charge of large locomotive depots operating division at Abbeville; subsequently British representative on the inter-allied railway commission; awarded Medaille d'Honneur.
1919-21 Assistant to head of locomotive department Rendel, Palmer and Tritton
1920 Married(1) Ivy M. P. Ford in Farnham[3]
1921-23 In business on own account as Wighton and Partners, of Caxton House, London
1923-27 Inspector with Rendel, Palmer and Tritton
1927 Became manager, locomotive department, London, of A.E.G. Machinery and Apparatus Co Ltd; also responsible for overseas sales of locomotives.
1928 John William Clubley Armstrong, of AEG Machinery and Apparatus Co Ltd, 131 Victoria St, London SW1; became an associate of the I Mech E
1928 Married(2) Hildegard Roelke in Kensington[4]
1931 John Clubley Armstrong, lived in Hammersmith, with Hildegard Armstrong[5]
1932 John Clubley Armstrong, lived in Hackney[6]
1939 Consulting engineer and technical director of 2 companies, lived in Epsom and Ewell, with Hildegard Armstrong (b.1905)[7]
1940 J. Clubley Armstrong, mechanical engineer, of Abford House, Wilton Road, London SW1[8]
1969 Died in Sutton[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Mechanical Engineer records