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Ernest F Skerman
Information supplied by project researching fire officers at Gretna:
HM Factory Gretna – Danger Building Officers
Ernest F SKERMAN DBO Staff Quarters, Sarkbridge Farm
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Ernest (F) Walter Skerman
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 23/01/1889 Plumstead, Kent
Date and Place of Death: 1949 Q3 Poole, Dorset
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: Ernest Ethelbert and Eliza Sarah Annie Skerman
Parent’s occupations: Principal Foreman at Royal Gunpowder Factory manufacturing cordite (father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
St Mary’s Infants School, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Occupation: Clerk – Nobels Ammunition Factory
Place of residence at Gretna: Staff Quarters, Sarbridge Farm
Job title at Gretna: Danger Building Officer
Marital status: Married Winifred Margaret Edwards
in 1913 Q4 Edmonton, London
Children: N/K
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Awards/recognitions: N/K
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Foreman Royal Naval Cordite Factory in 1939 in Poole, Dorset and Special Constable in Dorset Constabulary (Lowe/Edwards family tree on Ancestry)
Garnett Slemen Skuthorp
GARNETT SLEMEN SKUTHORP
“Guy”
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth:
5 June 1879 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Date and Place of Death:
28 February 1944 Royal Ordnance Factory,
Abenbury, Wrexham, Dinbighshire, Wales.
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood: Guy grew up with his siblings, who survived to adulthood, in New South Wales, Australia:
Frederick John 1869-1871
Reginald Thomas 1870-1871
Oswald Tertius 1872-1935
Ida Clarine 1874-1934
Allan Lamrock 1876-1916
Margaret Marian 1882-1960
Parents:
Richard Tertius Skuthorpe married Elizabeth Jane Lamrock in Sydney 1868.…
Henry Gordon Slade
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Henry Gordon Slade
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 20th December 1885, Tow Law, Wolsingham, Durham
Date and Place of Death: 6th May 1967, Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent
Nationality: British
Childhood: Henry’s father was a Presbyterian Minister, so Henry didn’t stay in one place too long.…
Lieut Leonard Slater
Lt Leonard Slater
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth 13th September 1892, Bramley, Leeds
Date and Place of Death: 13th August 1949, Nether Edge, Sheffield
Nationality: English
Childhood In Leeds then Carlisle
Parents: John William Slater and Mary nee Simon Parents occupations Schoolmaster then Inspector of Schools and School mistress up to marriage
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Manchester University from 1911 MSc Tech
Occupation: Scientific and Industrial researcher
Place of residence at Gretna: Eden Gardens?, Howard Place, Carlisle
Marital status Married
Children One
Travels None known
Awards/recognitions: None known
Positions held Trivia / any other information: None
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Lt Leonard Slater MSc Tech.…
Thomas William Slee
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Thomas William Slee
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1879, Kirby Thorpe, Westmoreland
Date and Place of Death: 1951, Shillington, Ontario, Canada
Nationality: British
Childhood: Thomas grew up on a farm near Penrith, Westmoreland (now Cumbria).…
James Sleightholme
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): James Sleightholme
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 16th July 1882. Great Ayton, Yorkshire
Date and Place of Death: 23rd July 1953. 14 Wigton Road, Carlisle, Cumberland
Nationality: British
Childhood:
Born in Great Ayton, Yorkshire in 1882. The family moved to Cumbeerland between 1881 and 1891. …
Joseph Smales
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :Joseph Smales
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 25th December 1873, Garforth, Leeds
Date and Place of Death: 29th April 1961 , Wortley, Leeds
Nationality: British
Childhood: Eldest of 3
Parents: Edwin and Maria nee Cullingworth
Parents occupations: Blacksmith
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Engineer fitter
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Marital status: Married
Children: 5
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Mini Biography
Joseph Smales 1873-1961
Joseph Smales was born on 25th December 1873 at 10 Defence Street, Garforth, near Leeds to Edwin, a blacksmith, and Maria nee Cullingworth.…
Agnes Smith
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; January 30th, 1918, under the heading ‘Appropriation of Jerseys.’ Took a scarf without permission and was fined £1.
Miss C Smith
Name and address mentioned in the Dornock Farewell, held in The Devil’s Porridge Museum archive collection.
Ernest William Smith
Appeared inINSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY 1917 Part 1
Associates Elected to the Fellowship
Smith, Ernest William, B.A., B.Sc. (Lond.), Central Chemical Laboratory, Dornock, near Annan, Scotland
Eve Smith
- Mentioned in Chris Brader’s Phd Thesis Timbertown Girls (Microsoft Word – WRAP_THESIS_coversheet (warwick.ac.uk)) on p. 189, 161-162, 106, 104, 103, 99, 98, 97, 31, 27, 23
- Appears to have had an oral interview done that is held in the Liddle Archive, Uni of Leeds.
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James Grant Smith
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; Nov. 14, 1917, under the heading Cigarettes and Matches at Gretna.
John Smith
The Annandale Observer is not currently digitized, however a volunteer on this project is manually searching the physically copies of this paper stored at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Smith was mentioned in the AO on 01/02/1918 at p. 7 and column 4. He was described as a bricklayer living in Leadbitter Huts, Butterdales, Eastriggs.and the details of the entry were ‘Matches in Factory
John Smith
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; Mar. 21, 1917, under the heading Bad Timekeeping, details hours
worked vs total hours should have been worked
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; Dec. 1, 1917, under the heading A Lost Postal Order.
Robert McKenzie Douglas Smith
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Robert McKenzie Douglas Smith
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 4th January 1897. Chorlton, Lancashire
Date and Place of Death: 23rd November 1951, Liverpool
Nationality: Scottish parents born in England
Childhood: Youngest of at least 3
Parents: George and Jessie nee McKenzie
Parent’s occupations: Electrical engineer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Cinema operator / Fire brigade at Gretna
Place of residence at Gretna: 74 Melbourne Avenue, Eastriggs
Job title at Gretna: Fire brigade.…
Sarah Smith
Married Patrick Conroy, stonemason in 1917 (Aunt of Shelia Ruddick, former DPM Trustee) and moved to Stirling
Thomas Smith
‘Thomas Smith, age 62, navvy at Gretna, was attacked by two police constables, James Sherwin, and Patrick McSweeney in Carlisle. After finding him a bed for the night in an old tramcar, they robbed him of £11-10/- and nearly blinded him.’ Gretna’s Secret War by Gordon Routledge (Bookcase, 1999), p. 13.
W Smith
Name and Address mentioned in the Dornock Farewell, held in The Devil’s Porridge Museums archive collection.
Listed as being onboard SS Devanha (ship taking Australian workers at Gretna back toe Australia) boarding at Devenport May 1919
W J P Smith 25 Melbourne
