Title
Derek J E Hosking's Faraday House certificates and medals
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 303
Date
1953 to 1966
Creator
Scope and Content
6 items, including certificates and medals, awarded to Derek J E Hosking primarily by Faraday House Engineering College, London. The items are
01. Faraday House Electrical Engineering College certificate of results dated September 1953.
02. Faraday House Electrical Engineering College diploma dated 6 May 1954.
03. English Electric certificate certifying completion of graduate apprenticeship, dated April 1955.
04. Associate Membership certificate for Purchasing Officers Association, dated 25 May 1966.
05. Faraday House College Junior Course, first place silver medal, engraved April 1951.
06. Faraday House College Final Examinations Senior Course, first place gold medal, engraved July 1953.
Exent
6 Items
Admin. history/Biography
Derek J E Hosking trained during National Service in the UK as an Air Wireless Operator in the Royal Air Force (RAF) servicing aircraft radio equipment (not flying). Whilst with the RAF he worked on the Berlin airlift in Germany (1948-1949). After demobilization he went to Faraday House Engineering College, and after graduation he worked for English Electric where he ended up working in various capacities. Derek finished his career in technical administration as a Purchasing Manager with GEC (merged with English Electric in 1968) on 'GEC large machines'.
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Level of description
sub-fonds
