Llewellyn George Henry Wynn-Williams
Llewellyn George Henry Wynn-Williams (c1902-1936)
1936 Obituary.[1]
Llewellyn George Henry Wynn-Williams, Associate Member, was educated at the University College, London, where he obtained his B.Sc. in Engineering. His practical experience was gained at Darlington between 1921 and 1924, when he was for three years a pupil of the late Sir Vincent Raven, who was at that time the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the North Eastern Railway. He then served in the testing department for one year, and in February, 1925, was appointed Supernumerary Foreman at Newport Locomotive Shed.
In November, 1925, he became Shops Assistant to the Works Manager at Faverdale Wagon Works, and then, in 1928, Works Manager of St. Margaret’s Works, Edinburgh, and in 1930 was appointed assistant to Mr. D. R. Edge at Dukinfield and Gorton Works. For a time he went back to Faverdale Works as Manager, but in 1934 was appointed Mr. Edge’s successor as Works Manager at Dukinfield and Gorton, which post he held until his decease.
Mr. Williams was a man of charming personality, and commanded the respect both of his superiors and of the workpeople under him. He was a brilliant scholar, having obtained his B.Sc. with honours.
His early death (on April 26th, 1936), at the age of 34, which took place in a nursing home in Manchester, after a brief illness, cut short a very promising career in the railway world.