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William Turner Smith
William Turner Smith
William Turner Smith

William Turner Smith

Aberdeen, Scotland, c.1891 - 1960
About MeCommenced apprenticeship as Shipwright at Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. on 5 August 1907.
Entered Shipyard Drawing Office on 5 January 1912.
Appointed as Chief Draughtsman in March 1915.
Appointed as Shipyard Manager in November 1926.
Appointed as General Manager in March 1934.
Appointed as Managing Director in March 1943.
Became member of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights and a Freeman of London in July 1943.
Awarded M.B.E. and became member of the Institute of Naval Architects in 1944.
Appointed as Chairman of the Board in October 1953.
Appointed as Director of Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. in January 1954.
Brigadier Frost Pasha
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1838 - 1902
Keel Piece of The Cimba
Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881
George Washington Wilson by Sir George Reid
Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland, 1823 - 1893
Silver and Granite Bracelet
Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1848 - 1939
Matron Marget Husband
Struthers, Cupar, Scotland, 1887 - 1986
Portrait of Robert Sellar Cook?
Engineer, 1870-1921
J & J Ingram
Aberdeen, Scotland
Captain Norman Ross certificate of competency as master of a foreign going ship
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1940
Marion Patterson
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1911 - 1993
Nurses' Union Badge
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1889 - 1980
Valentines
Dundee, Scotland, founded 1851
John Barbour
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1316 - 1395
Class Attendance Record
1868 - 1899
Velour Hat
Italy, died 1950
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992
World War 1 Memorial Plaque for David Stephen
Montrose, Scotland, 1864 - 1918
Two Silver Communion Beakers from St Clement's Church made by George Booth and Sons
Aberdeen, Scotland, active 1815 - 1850
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1850 - 1942
Victor Cook
Engineer, 1897-1990
Craigie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 1880 - 1959
German gunboat station tender Frauenlob at Aberdeen harbour
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1913 - 1978