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c.1858 Born in Southampton, son of Charles Arthur Day
1876-1880 Apprentice at R. and W. Hawthorn
1880-1882 Attended Royal Naval College
1883-4 Worked for 16 months at Barrow Shipbuilding Co
1885 Joined Day, Summers and Co as partner
1889 of Northam Iron Works, became a Member of I Mech E
1890 of Day, Summers and Co
By 1901 he had retired but was still living in Southampton[1]
1929 Died in Quenington, Fairford, Glos.[2]
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