
1917 – 1947
SHORTS BOYS | These are the men, women and boys who worked for Short Brothers
WILLIAM WELLER.... from Hugh Robins
My grandfather, Frederick Gibbs, worked for Short Brothers from the early 1920’s through to the end of the war. It was while living at Sheerness that he first had contact with Oswald short whom he greatly admired.
After the company transferred to Rochester he moved to live in Strood and began working at the Esplanade Works, initially as an machinist. A reference letter included in David Smith’s recollections (Short Boy) and relating to his father Harry Smith, is signed by my grandfather, showing him as Foreman of the Millwrights Dept. The menu below dated Feb 1921 is signed by Harry Smith, but also contains Eustace and Oswald’s signatures.
SHORTS BOYS
- ROBERT BOORMAN
- LOUIS BROWN
- PATRICK BRYANT
- BETTE CROWTHER
- ARTHUR HENRY CROWE
- VICTOR WILLIAM KENNETH DAY
- WILLIAM FOREMAN
- STEPHEN FOY
- FREDERICK GIBBS
- GORDON E HUXTED
- RONALD LAMB
- GEORGE & NANCY LEWING
- WILLIAM MASON
- ZENA F. NEAL
- FREDERICK QUITTENDEN
- JACK RALPH
- EWART RAYNER
- HILDA ROE
- DAVID SMITH
- WILLIAM WELLER
- WINFRED WELLER
- HARRY JAMES WOOLLEY