William Vawdry
From Graces Guide
Obituary 1895 [1]
" ...Mr. Vawdry, who was the youngest son of the late Rev. A. A. Vawdry, for many years vicar of St. Agnes, Cornwall, passed through a period of seven years' training as a mechanical engineer under Messrs. Harvey and Oo., at the Rayle Foundry, and was subsequently engaged in the erection of pumping and winding engines during a period of activity in the mines of the neighbourhood. In 1865, after a short experience of service afloat in her Majesty's Navy, be returned to civil life, and was appointed assistant engineer to the South Staffordshire Waterworks..." More.
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- ↑ The Engineer 1895/01/11, p037.