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driller on bombs

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Gee

Gee Report 5 Nov 2015 13:04

The above is the occupation of my ancestor on the 1939 register

What an earth did that mean!

His age would have been 40years

:-)

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Nov 2015 13:19

would it have been the person who organised and put into action what the 'bomb drill' would be, eg what steps would be taken to evacuate the area or to disarm the bombs, rather than driller as we use the word now for using a drill?

Gee

Gee Report 5 Nov 2015 13:24

That sounds logical Rosie. Home guard perhaps

He would have been too old for WW11 and he died in 1941 (he wasn't blown up, I have the death cert!

Thanks

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 5 Nov 2015 15:25

I think it is more likely that he was a driller in a factory making bombs.

My father worked for Union Locks and Keys, and during the war they made bullets.

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Nov 2015 15:37

Oddly enough, I thought I would look to see how many people had that same occupation, using just that search field, and there is only the one :-)

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Nov 2015 15:39

and if you put in 'bombs' there are 650 results.

Kay????

Kay???? Report 5 Nov 2015 18:51

If there was a munition factory within 10 miles of where he lived then he could have been on production after the shell was cast...........I know they laid on buses for recruites who lived in villages outside of a production area,,,,my own MiL worked in one and was picked and dropped off up by a laid on transport.

or even a foundry worker>?

Gee

Gee Report 5 Nov 2015 19:53

There was a munitions factory in the city

Thanks all for the ideas

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 6 Nov 2015 12:21

My dad worked at the Woolwich Arsenal and is a shell turner om my birth cert which is pre 1939

Would say your relation was probably working in munitions too