Philip Arthur Manley Nash
Major-General Sir Philip Arthur Manley Nash (1875-1936)
1875 Born the son of the Rev. William Nash, Rector of Old Somerby
Educated at Somerfields, Oxford, and Radley College, near Oxford.
1893 Apprentice at Richard Hornsby and Sons
1897 Joined the Great Northern Railway
1899 Joined the East Indian Railway
WWI Appointed Director of National Filling Factories, Ministry of Munitions 1915-1916; Deputy Director General of Transportation, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1916; Director General of Transportation, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1917; Inspector General of Transportation, Western Front 1918-1919;
He relinquished his commission with honorary rank of Major General in 1920. He was Director General of Traffic, Ministry of Transport 1919-1922.
He was also chairman W. T. Glover and Co, vice-chairman of Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers and British Portland Cement Manufacturers and chairman of Great Universal Stores.
1936 Obituary [1]