Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Leslie Jackson Coombe

From Graces Guide

Leslie Jackson Coombe (1883- ), Mechanical Engineer, of Spear and Jackson.

1883 Born.

Ed. Sheffield Royal Grammar School and Sheffield University.

1901-3 Served apprenticeship with Spear and Jackson, Ltd.

1904-5 travelled Continent and Colonies

1906 Works Manager and Director of Spear and Jackson, Ltd.

WWI War Services.— Mobilized 1914; proceeded overseas, January, 1917; commanded 2/4th and 2/6th Duke of Wellington's Battalions in France, 1917-8; invalided home, 1918.

1919 Joint Managing Director of Spear and Jackson, Ltd.


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