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Sidney Ralph Howes
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Sidney Ralph Howes OBE (born 13 September 1890, date of death unknown) was born and educated in Cambridge. During World War I he was on active service with the Suffolk Yeomanry in Gallipoli and Egypt before being transferred to France as a lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps Cavalry. In 1917, he was wounded and invalided home. After studying at Fitzwilliam Hall, Cambridge, he joined Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company at Openshaw, Manchester. Two years later, in 1921, he was appointed works manager there and later became works manager of Craven Brothers Ltd., the Stockport machine tool manufacturers from where he joined United Steels. In 1951, in his second year at Stocksbridge, he was awarded an OBE in recognition of his work in the industry. |
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