Sir Allan Stephen Quartermaine (1888-1978) CBE, MC, C. Eng, FICE
1888 Born at South Hornby the son of Charles Stephen Quartermaine, a Stock Broker, and his wife Eugenia Henrietta Baker
Educated at University College, London University. B.Sc. 1st Class Hons.
Also gained (not sure of dates) Chadwick Scholarship and Gold Medal in Municipal Engineering and Hygiene; A. P. Head Memorial Medal; College Diplomas in Civil, Municipal, and Mechanical Engineering
1914 Married
1908 Hertfordshire County Surveyor's Office.
1909 Tees-side Bridge and Engineering Works, Middlesbrough, steelwork erection.
1910 Great Western Railway Engineering Department, Wolverhampton
WWI Major, Royal Engineers; New Works Engineer, Palestine Military Railways; mentioned in Dispatches, and awarded Military Cross.
1922 M.C., B.Sc. (Eng.) Lond., A.M.Inst.C.E., Civil Engineer, Great Western Railway, Divisional Engineer's Office, Gloucester.
1929 Posted to Paddington as Deputy Chief Engineer (Permanent Way and Docks)
1932 Assistant Chief Engineer (Permanent Way and Docks), Great Western Railway
1940 Appointed Chief Engineer, Great Western Railway
1940-1 Director General Aircraft Production Factories
1951 Retired from position as Chief Engineer, Western Region, British Railways
1951 President Inst Civil Engineers
1978 Died
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Times Oct. 24, 1978