Great-grandson is sixth generation to work at BAE Systems
MOLLY Battersby drove a Barrow shipyard crane during the Second World War. One of many women who found themselves switching occupations in wartime, Molly’s story was uncovered by her great-grandson Matt Burns, currently Head of International Estimating with BAE Systems Air Sector. Matt, who is Barrow born and bred and started his career with the Submarines business, said: “My grandfather Derek Gawne, himself an electrician in the shipyard, told me he had a memory of his mother when she was working in the East Shop. “I think he was waiting for her outside either King’s Gate or ...
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