Percy A. Sanders
Percy A. Sanders (1881- )
1922 O.B.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., Mechanical Engineer, Standard Ironworks, Colchester. T. A.: "Paxman, Colchester." T. N.: 52 Colchester. b. 1881; s. of E. J. Sanders. Ed. Felsted and America. With Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.; went to America, General Electric Co., Schenectady, Assistant Chief Turbine Test Department. Joined British Westinghouse, Manchester, Chief of Test Department, later Superintendent of Engine Department. Rejoined Davey, Paxman and Co., Director. Councillor, Colchester; County Councillor for Essex; Past-President, East Anglian Association of Engineering Employers; Council, Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops; Council, Labour Advisory Committee; Board of East Anglian Munition Committee (Ministry of Munitions). War Services.—Commission in Essex Regiment; returned to works at direction of Admiralty.