Sir Cyril Hurcomb

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Sir Cyril Hurcomb was a senior British civil servant and transport administrator who became the first chairman of the British Transport Commission, overseeing the early years of postwar nationalized transport.

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instanceOf British civil servant
human
transport administrator
appliesToPosition Chairman of the British Transport Commission
appointedBy Clement Attlee
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1883-03-08
dateOfDeath 1975-08-26
educatedAt New College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys
employer British Transport Commission NERFINISHED
UK government
surface form: British government

Ministry of Transport
Ministry of War Transport
endTime 1953
fieldOfWork public administration
transport policy
gender male
honorificPrefix Sir
memberOf UK civil service
surface form: British Civil Service
name Cyril Hurcomb NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first chairman of the British Transport Commission
overseeing early years of postwar nationalized transport in Britain
occupation civil servant
transport executive
participatedIn administration of British transport nationalization after World War II
placeOfBirth England
Leicester
Leicestershire
placeOfDeath England
London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Chairman of the British Transport Commission
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of War Transport
residence London, England
surface form: London
startTime 1947
workPeriod 20th century

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British Transport Commission chairperson Sir Cyril Hurcomb