John Rolland

John Rolland ( -1933) of John Rolland and Co

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*1933 Obituary

THE recent death of Mr. John Rolland, the founder of John Rolland and Co., Consulting engineers and representatives, of Abbey House, Victoria-street, London, will be regretted by a wide circle of engineers, both at home and abroad. Mr Rolland, who was tho oldest son of the late Mr·. Alexander Rolland, of Dunfermline, was born in Glasgow and received his education in this country and on the Continent. He served his apprenticeship with Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., and after a short time at sea joined Lloyd's Register of Shipping, acting as a surveyor in Austria-Hungary and then at Hamburg. In 1914 Mr. Rolland was appointed works munagor of the Turkish Arsenal at Constantinople. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and became works manager for the British Government Torpedo Factory which was established at Lancaster by Vickers Ltd. In 1916 he was transferred to the south of France, where he filled a similar post at the St. Tropez torpedo factory. From 1918 to 1921 Mr. Rolland had charge of the engineering works of Vickers, Ltd., at Crayford, Kent. In 1921 he founded the firm of John Rolland and Co., and was appointed representative for Great Britain and Ireland for the Benno Schilde Maschinbau A. G., of Hersfeld. Later he was made sole representative in the United Kingdom for the Fried Krupp Grusonwerk A.G., of Magdeburg-Buckau, and the Lurgigesellschaft fur Warmetechnik, of Frankfurt.

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