John Mervyn Dallas Wrench

John Mervyn Dallas Wrench CIE (15 September 1883 – 31 August 1961) was Chief Engineer of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway and later Chief Controller of Standards of the Railway Board of India from 1929 to 1940.[1][2][3][4] Also known as J. M. D. Wrench, he was made CIE in 1929.[5]

John Mervyn Dallas Wrench

CIE
Born15 September 1883
Punjab, India
Died31 August 1961
Sherborne St John, England
NationalityBritish
EducationBedford Modern School

Life

John Mervyn Dallas Wrench was born in Punjab, India, on 15 September 1883.[6] He was the son of John Mervyn Wrench and Fanny Julia van Zuylen van Nyevelt de Gaesebeke.[7] Wrench was educated in England at Bedford Modern School.[8]

Wrench entered the Indian State Railway Service in 1906 and steadily rose through the ranks.[1] During World War I he served in Mesopotamia from 1917 to 1919 attaining the rank of Major.[1] After the War he was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Indian State Railways in 1921.[8]

Wrench was made Chief Engineer of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway in 1923 and was later appointed Chief Controller of Standards of the Railway Board of India, a position he held between 1929 and 1940.[1] He was made CIE in 1929.[5]

Wrench married Elise Mackenzie-Hughes in 1908 with whom he had four daughters.[1] He died on 31 August 1961 at Sherborne St John, England.[7]

References
  1. Obituary in The Times, MR. J. M. D. WRENCH, September 2, 1961, p.10
  2. "Wrench, John Mervyn Dallas, (1883–31 Aug. 1961), Chief Controller of Standards, Railway Bd, India, 1929–40". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U58688. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
  3. Reed, Sir Stanley (12 July 1939). "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". Bennett, Coleman & Company – via Google Books.
  4. "Locomotive, Railway Carriage and Wagon Review". Locomotive Publishing Company. 12 July 1926 – via Google Books.
  5. Supplement to The London Gazette, 1 March 1929, Issue 33472, p. 1438
  6. India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
  7. "MAJ John Mervyn Dallas "Jack" Wrench (1883-1961) -..." www.findagrave.com.
  8. "Story: Bedford Modern School short obituary for J M D Wrench, CIE died 1961 | Lives of the First World War". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk.
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