Ernest Frederick James
Ernest Frederick James (c1888-1930)
1930 Obituary [1]
ERNEST FREDERICK JAMES was for most of his engineering career in the service of H.M. Office of Works. His earliest experience was gained in connexion with the construction and equipment of the Office of Works electric generating station at South Kensington, after which he entered the shops of Messrs. James Simpson and Company in 1907 for a period of two years.
After a further short period on the maintenance staff of the South Kensington power station he was engaged on the installation of the experimental electrical equipment of the laboratories at the University of Birmingham.
In 1910 he entered the drawing office of the engineering division of H.R. Office of Works, and two years later he was transferred once more to the South Kensington generating station as a charge engineer.
At the outbreak of the War he joined the Royal Naval Division and served in the Gallipoli Campaign and in France. In 1917 he was gazetted to the Royal Engineers.
In 1919 he resumed his work at the generating station at South Kensington and in 1920 he was transferred to the test branch at the head office of the engineering division as technical assistant. In the following year he was transferred to the London district maintenance staff of the engineering division where he remained until his retirement on account of ill-health in 1928.
Mr. James, who died on 29th July 1930 at the age of 42, became a Graduate of the Institution in 1908 and an Associate Member in 1917.