COCKERILL, A(rthur) W(illiam)

COCKERILL, A(rthur) W(illiam). British, b. 1929. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Writing/Journalism, Biography, History. Career: Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Manchester, England, contracts engineer, 1951-54; British Timkin Ltd., Northampton, England, applications engineer, 1954-57; Iron Ore Company of Canada, Menihek, Labrador, operating manager, 1957-60; Twin Falls Power Corp., Twin Falls, Labrador, operations manager, 1960-64; Mathews Conveyer Co., Port Hope, Ontario, contracts international installation engineer, 1964-79; Spectrum Engineering Corp. Ltd., Peterborough, Ontario, consultant, 1979-85; Delta Tech Systems, Inc., Peterborough, technical publisher, 1984-93. Member of National Technical Committee on Quality Assurance Military service: British Army, Corps of Royal Engineers, 1939-51; commissioned officer. Publications: (Author and composer) "The Yukon Trail" (three-act musical play), first produced in Schefferville, Labrador, at Guild Theatre, September, 1960. "Benjamin" (one-act play), first produced in November, 1971. Sir Percy Sillitoe (biography), W. H. Allen, 1975. Airport Baggage-Handling, Rexnord, Inc., 1978. Sons of the Brave, Leo Cooper, 1984. Energy Management Handbook, Department of National Defence, 1985. Handbook of Technical Writing, Delta Tech Systems, 1986. (With Jack Nissen) Winning the Radar War, Macmillan (Canada), 1987. Handbook of A-C Maintenance, Transport Canada, 1990. Address: P.O. Box 806, Cobourg, ON, Canada K9A 4S3.