Arthur Thomas Wall
Arthur Thomas Wall (1886-1941) of J. Samuel White and Co
1941 Obituary [1]
IT is with the deepest regret that we have to record the death, at his home, "The Hayes," Baring Road, Cowes, on Sunday last, September 14th, at the early age of fifty-five, of Arthur T. Wall, who, we may recall, retired about a year ago from the managing directorship of J. Samuel White and Co., Ltd., a position which he had held with distinction since his appointment in 1932.
Arthur T. Wall was born at Plymouth in 1886, and received his early education at Stoke and Plymouth, gaining King's Prizes in Science and Art. He continued his technical training at the Royal College of Science and at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, where he was awarded the gold medal of the Liverpool Engineering Society, and one of the premiums given by the Institution of Naval Architects. On leaving Greenwich he was appointed to Devonport Dockyard, from which he proceeded to the Thames Ironworks Company, Ltd., and took up the position of chief draughtsman.
It was during Mr. Wall's time that H.M.S. "Thunderer," the last capital ship to be constructed on the Thames, was built. He was later chief draughtsman of the Booth Steamship Company, Ltd., of Liverpool, a position he relinquished on his appointment as chief naval architect to Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., at Birkenhead.......[more]