Keith Grand

Keith Grand
Born (1900-07-03)3 July 1900
Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England
Died 1983 (aged 82–83)
Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Railway Manager

Keith Walter C. Grand (1900-1983) was Assistant General Manager of Great Western Railway and later General Manager and Chief Regional Officer of British Railways Western Region.[1][2] He was also a member of the British Transport Commission,[3]

Grand was born in 1900 in the Mossley Hill district of Liverpool the son of Canadian-born Douglas and Emma Grand. He joined the Great Western Railway in 1919 after he left the Rugby School.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1953/oct/21/british-transport-commission |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. October 21, 1953. col. 2010–2014.
  2. ↑ "The S&MR in World War II". Colonel Stephens Railway Museum. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  3. ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1950/mar/13/consultative-committees |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. March 13, 1950. col. 31W–32W.
  4. ↑ John Elliot. "Mr K.W.C.Grand" (Obituaries). The Times (London). Monday, 21 November 1983. (61695), col H, p. 12.


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