Leonard Nell
Leonard Nell (c1879-1946)
1946 Obituary [1]
"LEONARD NELL was a locomotive engineer who, for the greater part of his professional career, was in the service of the Nigerian Railways. On the completion of a three years' premium apprenticeship at the depot of the Taff Vale Railway he went to sea, rising from junior to second engineer and obtaining his Board of Trade First-Class Engineer's Certificate. He then joined the works and drawing office staff of the Barry Railway Company and, after three years' experience, took up the appointment of assistant locomotive engineer of the Nigerian Railways. At the outbreak of the war of 1939-45 he was sent by the War Office to join the Censorship staff at Aintree where he became Deputy Censor; his services at Aintree extended over four years, until he retired owing to ill-health.
Mr. Nell whose death occurred on 14th September 1945, in his sixty-sixth year, was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1915, and was transferred to Membership in 1921."