H. P. M. Beames

H. P. M. Beames

Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames (9 May 18755 March 1948) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920-1922.

Biography

Beames was born near Dublin in 1875, and educated at Corrig School, Kingstown, County Dublin, (now Dún Laoghaire), at Dover College, and Crawley's Military Academy. He then continued his education as an apprentice under Francis William Webb at the Crewe works of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), becoming an apprentice and then a pupil there.

A keen rugby union player, Beames played for Lancashire on several occasions, and was invited to tour Canada with the Irish national rugby union team, but was unable to go.

Between January 1900 and May 1901, Beames served in the cavalry in South Africa during the Boer War. He then resumed work at Crewe.

Between January 1902 and 1909, Beames was "Assistant to the Outdoor Superintendent, Crewe" who dealt with pumping, dredging and other dock machinery. From 1909 until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Beames was personal assistant to the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME), Charles Bowen-Cooke.

On the outbreak of war, Beames joined the Royal Engineers' Railway Company with the British Expeditionary Force until he was recalled to Crewe to become "Chief Assistant and Works Manager, Crewe Works". Beames became Deputy CME in June 1919 and CME in November 1920.

Beames only produced one new locomotive, the LNWR Beames 0-8-4T for use in South Wales. He also reboilered the LNWR Claughton Class locomotives.

The LNWR merged with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) in 1922 and the latter's CME, George Hughes was made CME of the now expanded LNWR, with Beames "Divisional Mechanical Engineer, Western Division". The LNWR was then grouped in 1923 into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and Beames became "Mechanical Engineer, Crewe". Beames was overlooked in favour of the elderly Hughes for the top position.

In December 1930 Beames was made Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, under Ernest Lemon headquartered at Derby. Lemon was quickly promoted and a new man William Stanier brought in.

Beames retired from the railway on 30 September 1934. He was then active in local politics and was awarded the CBE by George VI in 1946.

External links

* [http://www.steamindex.com/people/bowcook.htm#beames Bowen Cooke, Whale & Beames ] at www.steamindex.com


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