What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)

[SouthseaSteel]

Acrylic yarn wasn't invented until 1940s

Maybe Bradford was ahead of the game

[PatLac]

When I search for occupation "W. S. Inspection" in Bradford in the 1939 Register on Ancestry another chap comes up - John S Brown, DOB 1917 - can someone with a subscription have a look?

[LizzieL]

Ernest A Thompson was Ernest Allen Thompson, born in Norwich. His father's WWI service record is on Ancestry which list spouse and children with birthdates. It looks like he married in Bradford in 1941 to Margaret Hensby. He died in 1960 in Bradford and left a will

[JenB]

Ernest A Thompson was Ernest Allen Thompson, born in Norwich. His father's WWI service record is on Ancestry which list spouse and children with birthdates. It looks like he married in Bradford in 1941 to Margaret Hensby. He died in 1960 in Bradford and left a will

Minor correction, Lizzie, Ernest and Margaret married in 1944.

It’s a shame it’s not possible to get cheap digital copies of marriage certificates- it might just possibly have given a clue to his occupation.

[LizzieL]

Ernest A Thompson was Ernest Allen Thompson, born in Norwich. His father's WWI service record is on Ancestry which list spouse and children with birthdates. It looks like he married in Bradford in 1941 to Margaret Hensby. He died in 1960 in Bradford and left a will

Minor correction, Lizzie, Ernest and Margaret married in 1944.

It’s a shame it’s not possible to get cheap digital copies of marriage certificates- it might just possibly have given a clue to his occupation.

Ah yes 1944 was what I intended to type. I use the numbers in a block of 9 at the right of the keyboard (not the top row), and I must have hit the 1 instead of 4.

[LizzieL]

Possible children in 1947 and 1959 (seems a big gap)

[Andrew Tarr]

So... it's actually W. A. S Inspection (ENG) as you had posted before, JenB

I don't think you can assume much from the omission of a stop after the S .  I also tend to favour the W meaning War (it had been expected for some time) and the likelihood that ENG suggests engineering rather than England ?

[Nick_Ips]

So... it's actually W. A. S Inspection (ENG) as you had posted before, JenB

I don't think you can assume much from the omission of a stop after the S .  I also tend to favour the W meaning War (it had been expected for some time) and the likelihood that ENG suggests engineering rather than England ?

Without the "inspection" I'd have suggested "War - Active Service" but that doesn't seem to fit.

I have seen other people with "WAS" (meaning 'previously') before some other occupation - such as "WAS Chief Bottle Washer".  I suppose the dots could have been added in error at some point in the process, but that's probably a bit of straw clutching.

[mazi]

A very long time  ago I was responsible for producing items used in the manufacture of instruments,
Any which were to be used for instruments in RAF or Navy equipment had to pass an inspection, I think it was then known as A.I.S inspection certificate, without which the actual instrument manufacturer would reject them
I wonder if this is something similar