Charles Wallace Chapman
From Graces Guide
Charles Wallace Chapman was born in Lancaster in 1897 and educated at the Royal Lancaster Grammar School.
After leaving school he was apprenticed to the Vickers engineering company at Barrow-in-Furness.
During World War One, as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve he was employed on anti-submarine projects.
After the war he studied at the University of Liverpool and was awarded an M.Sc. in engineering.
1920s Wase personal assistant to Ernest Petter, the Chairman of Petters
1929 Petters was on the verge of bankruptcy, and ion by the Works Director 3 of Aveling & Porter, Frank Perkins.
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