William Sherwood
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Biographical Notes
Sherwood, W. National Industrial Officer, National Union of General and Municipal Workers. President, Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades Federation. Fraternal Delegate to American Federation of Labour, 1927. Third member of Court of Inquiry into the Mining Industry, 1925. Member of Metalliferous Mines Advisory Committee of Mines Department, and member of Joint Committee of Inquiry into Shipbuilding Industry. Address: 28. Tavistock Square. London, W.C.1.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Sherwood, Will, C.B.E., J.P. Ex-member of the Trades Union Congress General Council; Fraternal Delegate to American Federation of Labour, 1927; Fraternal Delegate to Mexico, 1927. Third member of Court of Inquiry into the Mining Industry, 1925. Member of Metalliferous Mines Advisory Committee of the Mines Department. Member of Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Shipbuilding Industry. National Trustee of the Silicosis and Asbestosis (Medical Expenses) Fund. Advisor to British Government at Geneva. Address: 151, Bathurst Gardens, Willesden, N.W.10.
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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