Walter George Head
Walter George Head M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Gas.E., Gas and Civil Engineer
1881 Born.
Educated at St. Laurence College, Ramsgate and Finsbury Technical College.
Trained with James Simpson and Co.
Chief Assistant South Metropolitan Gas Co at Old Kent Road
Chief Assistant at Vauxhall
Mains Superintendent
Gas Engineer in charge of West Greenwich works
1905-7 In charge of the British Monozite Works in North Carolina, U.S.A.
WWI South-Eastern District Manager, Metropolitan Munitions Committee; Director of Works, Munitions Inventions Department, Ministry of Munitions; Technical Adviser, Priority Department, in all gas matters.
1922 c/o Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd., 38, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.1.
1964 Obituary [1]
Mr Walter G. Head (Member) died on the 27th October 1963, aged 82 years. Educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate, and Finsbury Technical College, Mr Head began his career at the South Metropolitan Gas Company.
In 1920 he joined Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd, where he worked for many years as a Senior Project Engineer. Mr Head had been a Member of this Institution for 63 years, and was also a Member of the Institution of Gas Engineers.