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The only Timekeepers I know are the men whose job it was to ensure everyone clocked in and out of the engineering factory I worked out. It was to work out wages etc. I think its likely he was a timekeeper at an aircraft engineering works.

Also from google

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Looks like he was an aircraft clock repairer and maintenance chappie.

Could he have been the bod who wrote down the times when the planes took off and landed? Was it during the war? Perhaps he had to check in the planes that returned from sorties.

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lol or maybe its just a made up job so he could get out of the house and away from my Gran!!!!

Becs

oh right, i am stunned to know what then, keeping track of planes flying by? or keeping track of trains maybe sorry i can't help more.

Hi Ryan

Thanks for looking although I'm afraid I still don't really understand what he would of been keeping time of!

My mum always said he had been a racehorse trainer when she was little but lost all his horses when the war broke out so this occupation what something he did either during or after the war,

Becs

This is the only Timekeeper I am aware of but there maybe other types, like a one in aircrafts.

A timekeeper is an instrument or person that measures the passage of time; in the case of the latter, often with the assistance of a clock or stopwatch. In addition, the timekeeper records time, time taken, or time remaining during events such as sports matches.

Found this from Wikipedia any help?

Hi
I just got a copy of my grandad's death certificate and it says under occupation "Timekeeper (Aircraft Engineer)", can anyone shed some light on what that would actually have involved? I know it bears little relation to anything in knowing this but I'm interested to understand what it is.

Thanks
Becs