David Carnegie
Colonel David Carnegie, C.B.E., F.R.S.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.& S.I
1868 Born in Scotland
1881-6 Apprentice at Union Works of Alexander Pirie and Sons, Aberdeen
1887 Work at Torpedo Factory, Woolwich Arsenal
1889 Student at Royal School of Mines
1891 Student of Inst civil engineers
1892 Member of I Mech E; foreman engineer, Royal Laboratory, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich
1893 Associate Member of Inst Civil Engineers
1901 David Carnegie, 33, civil and mechanical engineer, lived in Plumstead with Francis E Carnegie 27 and Douglas L Carnegie 4[1]
1906 Member of Inst Civil Engineers, living in Sheffield.
c.1909 With Samuel Osborn invented a spark arrestor for cupolas
WWI Member and Ordnance Adviser, Shell Committee, and subsequently of Imperial Munitions Board, Ottawa
1915 Chairman of Commission (Canadian Government) to inquire into the feasibility of refining zinc and copper in Canada
1922 Honorary Consulting Technical Ordnance Adviser, Canadian Government. Overseas Member, Labour Committee, Canadian Government.
1939 David Carnegie 71, retired civil engineer, lived in Whitstable with Frances Carnegie 66[2]
1949 Died in Kent[3]