William Henry Grieve
William Henry Grieve (1879-1945)
MD of Lightalloys
1945 Obituary.[1]
William Henry Grieve, born on December 8th, 1879, was elected an Associate in 1933. He received his early education at James Woods and R. Hanna’s Schools in Sunderland, and Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne. His engineering apprenticeship was served with the Scotia Marine Engine Works, Sunderland, after which he joined C. A. Parsons and Co, Ltd., in 1901. Four years later he became their Engineer in Australia, which post he held until 1915, when with the outbreak of war in 1914 he came home and was made General Manager of the Ministry of Munitions, National Factory, Dagenham Dock.
After some preliminary work with Light Alloys Ltd., he joined the Board in 1924, became Managing Director in 1929, and held that office in conjunction with the Chairmanship from 1940 until the date of his death.
Among his other activities Mr. Grieve was the representative of Light Alloys Ltd. on the British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association, and until recently Deputy Chairman of the Light Metal Founders’ Association, and a Director of the Manganese Bronze and Brass Co, Ltd.
He died at his home in Hampstead on 7th June, 1945, at the age of 65.