Second World War Angus Paton
a caisson 1 of mulberry harbours
during second world war running of gibb , partners fell largely paton , james guthrie brown. gibb , partners gained large number of government contracts , within few weeks of start of war in september 1939 workforce increased 2000. paton designed , sited several royal ordnance factories; , in march 1940 travelled turkey construct iron , steel works there. whilst in turkey contracted build emplacements contain guns mothballed battleships in dardanelles. construction of emplacements completed guns later prevented reaching site axis occupation of greece. paton made way britain via greece, italy , france , arrived home 2 days prior italian declaration of war against allies on 10 june 1940. constructed plant @ barry in south wales extraction of magnesium hydroxide sea, turbine factory british thomson-houston company , £7 million underground aircraft engine factory. 1943-44 paton supervised construction, in london docks, of precast concrete caissons required construction of mulberry harbours following normandy landings. 1944-45 in charge of rebuilding of houses damaged v-2 rockets in london districts of wanstead , woodford.
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