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Frederick William Hawksworth (10 February 1884 – 13 July 1976), was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (GWR).
Frederick W. Hawksworth was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway. Born in Swindon, he joined the GWR in 1898, aged 15, but did not become CME until he was 57, in 1941.
May 23, 2017 · FAMOUS BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS – FREDERICK W HAWKSWORTH, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. by. Sam Hewitt. –. 23rd May 2017. In another occasional series of historical reviews of ‘Big Four’ locomotive engineers, Cedric Johns highlights the career of Frederick W Hawksworth, who succeeded Charles Collett in 1941…
Sep 15, 2022 · Frederick William Hawksworth was born in Swindon, Wiltshire on 10th February 1884. He became an apprentice in the Great Western Railway (GWR) Swindon locomotive works at the age of 14 where he first worked in the test house and drawing office while pursuing further studies.
George Jackson Churchward. F. W. Hawksworth. V ery much the forgotten man of the Great Western, F. W. Hawksworth was born in Swindon on the 20th of February 1884. He joined the Great Western as an apprentice in August 1898, firstly in the test house, then moving to the drawing office in 1905.
Feb 9, 2015 · Chief Mechanical Engineer Frederick William Hawksworth was born 10 February 1884. He was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (GWR). Hawksworth was born in Swindon, and he joined the GWR in 1898, aged 15, but did not become CME until he was 57, in 1941.
Frederick Hawksworth, who succeeded Charles Collett as the company's chief mechanical engineer in 1941, had the GWR in his blood. His father was a Swindon Works draughtsman and his grandfather a GWR foreman at Shrewsbury.
