Charles Butler Clay
Charles Butler Clay (1856- )
1922 Lt.-Col., V.D., Electrical (Telephone) Engineer, 17, Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, Kent. T. N.: Bromley 40. b. 1856; s. of Col. Wm. Clay, Liverpool; m. Amy Scott, Sunderland. Ed. Malvern College. Laird Brothers, Birkenhead; Inman Steamship Co.; Barrow Shipbuilding Co. 1881—Engineer, United Telephone Co., Ltd., London. 1885— Manager, Secretary and Engineer, Northern District Telephone Co., Ltd. 1893— Superintendent, Southern and Western Provinces National Telephone Co. 1896—Appointed Metropolitan Superintendent till end of 1911. 1912— Betulander Automatic Telephone Co., Managing Director. 1915 to date— Relay Automatic Telephone Co., Managing Director. Chief Works: Construction of Telephone Exchanges. Responsible for introducing and constructing all exchanges in northeast of England. Twenty-three years commissioned officer, 8th Lancashire Volunteer Artillery, retiring as Lieut.-Colonel. Club: Royal Automobile. War Services.—Organized and commanded County of London Royal Engineer (Volunteers), London Army Troops Companies with rank of Lieut.-Colonel.