VOCE, James(1865-1933)

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VOCE, James

Born:1865 in  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  

Death 10th January 1933 of Middle Park, Eltham

 

 

1911census

30 Ancona Road, {in 1919 at 160 Ancona may be due to renumbering?
VOCE, James engineers turner gun manufacturing.
Wife; 
JACKSON, RosalieThirza(1866-1917)
Children; 
 MabelFrances;  DorothyMartha;  EdwardJohn;  RosalieHannah;  Beatrice;  FredrickLeonard;

 

secretary of the shop stewards {Royal Arsenal

 

Chairman of All Grades Movement and an All Grades Committee. {Royal Arsenal

Following the First World War, local Labour activists launched a campaign to find alternative work within the Royal Arsenal that would utilize the skills of the workers and now idle machinery -i.e. the making of non-munitions during peacetime.  

 

Local Councillor {London Borough of Woolwich 

 

1939 Road in Plumstead renamed after him

 

 

 

Monday, 22 September 2014 {Deborah O’B.