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He served his apprenticeship with [[Cammell, Laird and Co|Messrs. Cammell Laird and Company]] at Birkenhead, and then spent five years at sea with the [[Brocklebank Line]], obtaining his first-class Board of Trade certificate. | He served his apprenticeship with [[Cammell, Laird and Co|Messrs. Cammell Laird and Company]] at Birkenhead, and then spent five years at sea with the [[Brocklebank Line]], obtaining his first-class Board of Trade certificate. | ||
After a further period with Messrs. Cammell Laird he joined the Societe | After a further period with Messrs. Cammell Laird he joined the Societe des [[Ateliers et Chantiers de France]], shipbuilders, of Dunkirk, as a designer. | ||
During the War he served as an inspector of mechanical transport with the R.A.S.C. in Salonika. | During the War he served as an inspector of mechanical transport with the R.A.S.C. in Salonika. | ||
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Rollo Robert Woodcock (c1884-1928), chief engineer to the Lafarge Aluminous Cement Co
1929 Obituary [1]
ROLLO ROBERT WOODCOCK was chief engineer to the Lafarge Aluminous Cement Company, whom he joined in 1924.
He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Cammell Laird and Company at Birkenhead, and then spent five years at sea with the Brocklebank Line, obtaining his first-class Board of Trade certificate.
After a further period with Messrs. Cammell Laird he joined the Societe des Ateliers et Chantiers de France, shipbuilders, of Dunkirk, as a designer.
During the War he served as an inspector of mechanical transport with the R.A.S.C. in Salonika.
Prior to joining the Lafarge cement company he was for a time, after the War, assistant to the chief mechanical engineer of the British Petroleum Company.
Mr. Woodcock became a Member of the Institution in 1928, and his death occurred on 18th April 1929, at the age of 44.
1929 Obituary [2]