Albert Victor Wood

[CassieP]

Hi

Please can anyone decipher the nature of Albert Wood's occupation.  He was 14 years old in 1912 and employed by Midland Railway Company at the Bromsgrove Wagon Works.  It is his initial occupation I'm unable to read, except for the word "boy".  Later he was employed as a "Smith's Boy". 

Sadly Albert left his job there to join the army and was killed in France in 1916.

 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1728/images/32167_626640_0624-00067?pId=608898

With many thanks

[manukarik]

The second one is Smith's Boy which I take to be a Blacksmith's Apprentice.

Oops - you've already got that!

[CassieP]

The second one is Smith's Boy which I take to be a Blacksmith's Apprentice.

Oops - you've already got that!

  Yes!  Thanks - I put that to compare the writing and give an idea of what his job was.  The first letter of the words I can't read is an S I think - same as the S in Smith's Boy. 

[manukarik]

I see there's a similar entry further down the page for an Arthur Westwood.

I'm still trying to make the first image out. I keep seeing Steam or Steward as the first word.

I looked at this site:

https://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/remembrance/Pages/40.html


So far this is the only reference I can find to him there and it lists him as Smith's Boy in the Carriage & Wagon Department, Bromsgrove.

[CassieP]

I see there's a similar entry further down the page for an Arthur Westwood.

I'm still trying to make the first image out. I keep seeing Steam or Steward as the first word.

I looked at this site:

https://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/remembrance/Pages/40.html


So far this is the only reference I can find to him there and it lists him as Smith's Boy in the Carriage & Wagon Department, Bromsgrove.

That is fabulous, thank you so much!  From that I've found that his name is on the Midland Railway's WW1 memorial at their headquarters in Derby. 

It is good to know his job was "Smith's Boy" - but is intriguing what the other bit says!

[softly softly]

A lot of my ancestors were iron founders etc and I think the second word might be an abbreviation of Steam Hammer, with an  Hmr' at the end of the word.

John

[CassieP]

A lot of my ancestors were iron founders etc and I think the second word might be an abbreviation of Steam Hammer, with an  Hmr' at the end of the word.

John

YES!  Now you have told me that - I can see that is what it is, and makes sense with him being a Smith's Boy later.  Wow - thank you so much!