George William Woolliscroft

1865 - 1948  (83 years)

• Name	George William Woolliscroft  [1]
  Born	17 Jan 1865	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christened	25 Feb 1865	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	2 Apr 1871	6 Wetton Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [4]
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	31 Bath Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [1]
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [5]
  	locomotive engineer & draughtsman
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Wilton Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [6]
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901	Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England   [7]
  	mechanical engineer
  Newspaper	8 Jul 1901	Palace Hotel, San Francisco City, San Francisco, California, USA   [8]
  	George was staying at the Palce Hotel when visiting the USA with R M Deeley
  Note	1904	London, England   [9]
  	George was a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
  Occupation	1 Jul 1919	London, England   [10]
  	Rejoined the Locomotive Department of the Midland Railway Company after war sevice at the Ministry of Ammunitions.
  Newspaper	30 Mar 1920	London, England   [11]
  	George is mentioned in the Gazette as receiving an OBE for services as a section director in the Timber Supplies Department for the Ministry of Munitions during WW1
  Newspaper	7 Dec 1931	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [12]
  	election victory tea
  Newspaper	6 Aug 1937	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [13]
  	it was announced in the local paper that the shop in Bath Street was to close
  Occupation	29 Sep 1939	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [2]
  	retired mechanical engineer
  Died	16 Jun 1948	The Manor, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England   [14, 15]
  		Derby Daily Telegraph 17 June 1948, p4 n
  Buried	18 Jun 1948	Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England   [16]
  Probate	1 Sep 1948	Probate Registry, London, England   [14, 17]
  	probate granted to his widow Sarah Ann. Effects £5597 14s 10d
  Obituary	1949	London, England   [18]
  	GEORGE WILLIAM WOOLLISCROFT, O.B.E., J.P., Wh.Sc., throughout his career was in the service of the Midland Railway, both during its independent existence and after its absorption into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.--He was born in 1865 and after completing his general education at Grove House School entered the locomotive works of the London and North Western Railway at Crewe in 1882, as a premium apprentice. In 1886, while studying at Owens College, Manchester, he gained a Whitworth Scholarship, and in the same year the Ashbury Engineering Scholarship. He began his career with the Midland Railway four years later as a junior draughtsman in the locomotive department at Derby. His duties in that capacity included the preparation of schemes for the ventilation of tunnels, which entailed a visit to the Continent to acquire further information on the subject. In 1898 he was appointed assistant chief draughtsman with joint control of the drawing office and three years later was selected to accompany the late Mr. Deeley, at that time locomotive superintendent, on a tour of inspection of railways and engineering works in America. After nine years' further service in the locomotive department he joined the staff of the chief mechanical engineer and continued to serve in that department until his retirement, with the exception of the period, 1916 to 1919, when he was attached to the Ministry of Munitions in London. Mr. Woolliscroft was elected a Member of the Institution in 1904 and was the author of a paper in 1931 on "Training of an Engineer". In 1929 he served on the East Midlands Branch Committee, being Chairman of the Branch and a Member of Council in 1930. He was Mayor of Ilkeston 1925-26 and did much work as Chairman of the Education Committee. He was made a J.P. for Derbyshire in 1919 and received the O.B.E. for war work during the 1914-18 war. His death occurred on 16th June 1948."
  Occupation	engineer assistant works manager
  Notes	George was the eldest surviving son of Charles and Amelis Woolliscroft born at Ilkeston, Derbyshire on the 17 January 1865. He attended Grove HouseSchool, Mansfield, the Royal College of Engineers and Manchester University. Between 1882 and 1884 he served his apprenticeship with L & NW Railway Company located at Crewe in Cheshire. In 1886 he obtained a Whitworth Scholarship and attended Owens College, Manchester. In 1890 he joined the Midland Railway at Derby as a draughtsman. He was involved in Tunnel Ventilation schemes and visited Germany to investigate. In 1898 he was appointed assistant chief draughtsman with joint control of the drawing office. He was selected to tour the USA with Richard Deeley, Chief Mechanical Engineer to inspect the railways and engineering works there. He became a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers on the 31 December 1903. In 1907 he was elected as a member for the Derbyshire County Council on which he served for many years. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1918. During WW1 he worked Section Director in the Timber Supplies Department for the Ministry of Munitions. He resumed his role at Derby at the end of August 1919. In 1920 he was awarded an OBE for his service during WW1. He was Lord Mayor of Ilkeston for the year 1925-1926. His obituary states that for many years he was responsible for training apprentices at Derby. He retired in 1930.
  Person ID	I4683	Williscroft
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Woolliscroft,   b. 1830, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 12 Feb 1910, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Amelia Bamford,   b. 1834, Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 12 Oct 1920, Inglewood, Pimlico, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England  (Age 86 years)
  Married	8 May 1861	St James, Shardlow, Derbyshire, England
  Family ID	F889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Wallis,   b. 24 Oct 1868, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 8 Mar 1949, The Manor, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1898	Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England   [7, 19, 20]
  	George William WOOLLISCROFT Year 1898 married at Long Eaton Wes.Meth.Ch. Spouse name Sarah Ann WALLIS Reg. Office 394 Register Entry SD/10/099
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	66 Derby Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England   [21]
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Highfield, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [22]
  Residence	29 Sep 1939	White House, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [2]
  Children	1. Phyllis Muriel Woolliscroft,   b. 6 May 1900, Holmlea, Derby Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 2 Apr 1967, Pheasant Field House, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, England  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Jan 1865 - Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Christened - 25 Feb 1865 - Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Residence - 2 Apr 1871 - 6 Wetton Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Occupation - 5 Apr 1891 - Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Note - 1904 - London, England Occupation - 1 Jul 1919 - London, England Newspaper - 30 Mar 1920 - London, England Newspaper - 7 Dec 1931 - Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Newspaper - 6 Aug 1937 - Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Occupation - 29 Sep 1939 - Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Died - 16 Jun 1948 - The Manor, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England Obituary - 1949 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Institute of Mechanical Engineers Directory

  
  

  Biographies

  George William Woolliscroft, OBE, J.P. 1865-1948 Life story

  
  

• Sources

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