| Description | Born in village of Reading Street, nr Broadstairs, Kent, 1899. Father kept a grocery and general store. Worked in telecommunications. WW1.
Experience of engineering sector during war: detailed descriptions of telephone and telegraph electrical engineering processes. Exempted from military service due to vital civilian work. Awarded OBE for restoring communications during enemy action. Discusses the impact of war on the general population.
22 pp, typewritten. [World War One] |