Henry Pooley (1892-1964)
Henry Pooley (1892-1964)
1892 Born in Liscard, Cheshire, son of Henry Pooley, mechanical engineer and his wife Nannie[1]
Educated at Newcastle, Staffs
1912-3 Pupil at Henry Pooley and Son, Bristol
1913-5 Gained B.Sc. in mechanical engineering at Bristol University
1916 Commissioned in the infantry; wounded at the Dublin Rebellion; served at Ypres; invalided home.
1917 Aeronautical production officer at Austin Motor Co, Northfield, Birmingham
1917 Lived in Chew Magna, Somerset[2]
1917 Applied to join I Mech E but conclusion was "wait for more experience"[3]
1918 Associate of Inst of Civil Engineers[4]
1917 Applied to join I Mech E but again the conclusion was "wait for more experience"[5]
1926 of The Green Island Cement Company Ltd, Kowloon, Hong Kong
1927 Consulting engineer in private practice. Became a member of I Mech E. Was also Member of Inst of Structural Engineers, and Fellow of the Geological Society[6]
1964 Obituary [7]