Fondo GB 0099 KCLMA Grey, William Edward - GREY, Capt William Edward (1895-1986)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Grey, William Edward 1916-1919 Fonds 1 file Grey , William Edward , 1895-1986 , Captain

Born 1895; worked in the family firm, City Lead Works, Southwark, London; commissioned as 2 Lt, 2 Bn, City of London Regiment, Aug 1914; seconded to the War Office, 1916; served in the Aircraft Equipment Directorate, 1916-1918; resumed work in the City Lead Works; died, 1986.

Publications: The 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War (City of London Regiment, 1929)

Placed in the Centre by the family, 2013

Papers relating to his service in the Aircraft Equipment Directorate, 1916-1918, including: correspondence, 1917-1918, relating to orders for aircraft and engines, and to production problems caused by labour disputes; notes on a strike at D Napier & Son (Acton), Aug 1917; notes on aircraft production; instructions for evacuating offices (in the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London) in the event of an air raid, 1917; detailed notes by Grey, 1918, on the expansion, 1916-1918, in aeroplane production; comic song, 1919, on the work of the contracts department.

The papers are arranged in chronological order.

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Copies may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management.

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2013 Aerospace engineering World War One (1914-1918) Aircraft engineering Strikes Air raid precautions Grey , William Edward , 1895-1986 , Captain Aircraft Equipment Directorate Strand Engineering Labour disputes Civil defence World wars (events) City of Westminster Wars (events) Defence Labour relations London State security England UK Western Europe Europe Aeronautics

Placed in the Centre by the family, 2013

Papers relating to his service in the Aircraft Equipment Directorate, 1916-1918, including: correspondence, 1917-1918, relating to orders for aircraft and engines, and to production problems caused by labour disputes; notes on a strike at D Napier & Son (Acton), Aug 1917; notes on aircraft production; instructions for evacuating offices (in the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London) in the event of an air raid, 1917; detailed notes by Grey, 1918, on the expansion, 1916-1918, in aeroplane production; comic song, 1919, on the work of the contracts department.

The papers are arranged in chronological order.

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Copies may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management.

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