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James Cecil William Auld
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : James Cecil William Auld
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 9th January 1891 , Dennistoun , Lanarkshire
Date and Place of Death: 1972. Ware, Hertfordshire
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Only child
Parents: William and Emily nee Wallace
Parents occupations: Reverend
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Dunfermline High School – dates unknown
Occupation: Engineer
Place of residence at Gretna: G 10 , Eastriggs
Marital status: Married
Children: 9 , named one after fellow worker Robert Wotherspoon
Travels: N/k
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
Trivia / any other information: See biography
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Mini Biography
James Cecil Wallace Auld 1891- 1972
James Cecil Wallace Auld, born on 9th January 1891 at Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, was the only child of Reverend William Auld and Emily nee Wallace
1891 -living at The Manse, Carnock Fife .…
Robert Percy Brousson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Robert Percy Brousson
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 9th November 1871, Sutton, Surrey
Date and Place of Death: 1st July 1945 Chipperfield, Hertfordshire
Nationality: British
Childhood: Privileged with a Prussian born father and an Australian born mother
Parents: Louis (Antoine) Jacques Maurice Brousson and Clara Emily nee Habgood
Parents occupations: Editor/author/journalist ( Father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Finsbury Institute
Occupation: Electrical engineer
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status: Married
Children: One son
Travels: Travelled extensively to North and South America
Awards/recognitions: OBE after 1919
Positions held: Chief engineer at Gretna
Trivia / any other information: Yes
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Russell Aubrey Fowler
Information from booklet produced for The Devil’s Porridge Museum to commemorate the centenary of the arrival of Russell Aubrey Fowler, an Australian Chemist, who volunteered to come to work at Gretna in summer 1917, kindly supplied by Russell’s daughter:
Frank Reginald Ward James
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Frank Reginald Ward James
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: Born Hornsey, Middlesex 1873 (4) (5) (6)
Baptised Wolverhampton 21/03/1873 (1)
Date and Place of Death: 19/03/1962 at Shenley Hospital, Hertfordshire (8)
Nationality: British
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Two sisters, Alice Gertrude and Florence Maria, both baptised 20/08/1869.…
Harry Marchanton Lowe
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Harry Marchanton LOWE
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 5 Nov 1890 68 Pollard St, Manchester, England
Baptism: 14 Nov 1890 All Souls, Ancoats, Manchester, England source: Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
Date and Place of Death: 19th February 1979, St Albans
NB No siblings.…
Dorothy Gladys Watson
Dorothy Gladys Watson (Kirk)1896-1976
Dorothy Gladys Watson was born on 5th March 1896 at South Street, Bishop’s Stortford to James Henry Watson, Master Grocer born in Kent and Maria Jane nee Burrs , formerly Webb, born Marten, Warwickshire.
Dorothy had a long career in the Women’s Police Force and was the seventh to join Colchester Borough Police and probably the second to hold the rank of Sergeant.…
