Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1884 Born in Crewe, son of Arthur Moore Thompson[1]
Joined the London and North-Western Railway
1907 A draughtsman when he transferred to the Running Department[2]
1911 A mechanical engineer, living with his father in Crewe[3]
1948 Died in Hammersmith[4]
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