George Henry Elliott

George Henry Elliott (1844-1928) of G. H. Elliott and Co

1844 Born at Brixham, Devon

1858 Trained at Woolwich Steam Engine Factory; continued working there as boiler maker and angle iron smith

1865 Engine smith at Henly's Telegraph Works, and at the Telegraph Maintenance Co's works, Greenwich, then at Shand, Mason and Co, at Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield, and in various positions at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.

1874 Foreman at Gas, Light and Coke Co's Beckton Works

1876 Set up in business as engineer, boiler maker and general smith.

1904 Associate member of I Mech E

1911 Engineer; employer; living with his wife Mary in Sydenham

1913 Member of I Mech E

1928 Died

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1928 Obituary

GEORGE HENRY ELLIOTT commenced business for himself, after an exceptionally varied early experience, in 1876.

He was born in 1845 and was apprenticed at Woolwich Dockyard at the age of 14. He continued to work there as a boilermaker until 1869.

During the following five years he worked in various establishments, including Messrs. Henley's at North Woolwich, the Enfield Small Arms Factory, Messrs. Shand and Masons, The Maintenance Company at Greenwich, Messrs. Easton and Anderson at Erith, and the Gun Factory, the Royal Laboratory and the Royal Carriage Department at Woolwich.

He then spent two years, from 1874 to 1876, with the Gas Light and Coke Company at Beckton, before founding the firm of Messrs. G. Elliott and Company, engineers and boilermakers, of Bermondsey.

He retired in 1927, and was thus for over fifty years at the head of his firm, which, after many vagaries of fortune, he succeeded in building up to a position of assured success.

Whilst at Woolwich Dockyard he was largely instrumental in obtaining the nine hours' working day, and he received a testimonial from his fellow workmen.

He became an Associate Member of the Institution in 1904 and a Member in 1913.

He died on 7th September 1928.

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