Divisional Superintendent

[RSC Friends]

I am trying to decipher the signature of the Divisional Superintendent for the Newton Abbot area in Aug. 1945. It's on Additional Instructions for Aller Signal Box, Newton Abbot Station instruction.
It looks like H A ---orth. Any knowledge, please?

 

[Romilly]

I think that the Divisional Locomotive Superintendent at Newton Abbot from 1927 through to at least 1952 may have been Mr AWH Christison (sometimes, seemingly inaccurately, spelt as Christenson or Christinson).

 

[RSC Friends]

Thanks Romilly, but I can't square that suggestion with the signature in the image I have uploaded to this thread - it definitely looks like he has signed it with a name ending in 'th' . This guy is dealing with signal boxes, instructions, safety communications and rail movement, not locos as such - is there an alternative in your archive, please?
Thanks

 

[John Webb]

The Divisional Superintendent in this case would have been the Signalling department's man, not the Loco side of things. I've a couple of books covering signalling in that part of the world, but they are both about 20 years later, and no names, when mentioned, seem to match your signature.

 

[Clarence Yard]

A Divisional Superintendent on the GWR was the senior operating manager for that Division, similar to a Divisional Operating Manager post in BR days.

 

[randyrippley]

Alworth, Allworth or Ashworth

Plenty of Ashworths now live in Somerset.
192.com doesn't list any Alworth or Allworth

 

[flymo]

http://timetableworld.com/book_viewer.php?id=5&section_id=-1
(Miscellany page)

....shows an H.A.G Worth at Exeter Station, albeit this is a 1949 edition. Could be this chap.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

....shows an H.A.G Worth at Exeter Station, albeit this is a 1949 edition. Could be this chap.

It certainly looks like that to me.

 

[RSC Friends]

Thanks to all of you - good collaboration!
I have now found he is Horace Alfred George Worth, son of a print compositor , born in Hammersmith, 19 May, 1898. Apprenticed as a clerk to GWR in 1913, rose through the ranks to Divisional Superintendent, Exeter Division, retired in 1950 and died 1975 in Bournemouth.