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'''Lt. Commander H. C. C. Mossop VRD''' was SVR General Manager between 1972 and 1976. He was also a Director of both the [[Guarantee Company|Severn Valley Railway Company]] (the Guarantee Company) and [[SVR(H)]].
Hugh Mossop was present at the naming ceremony of [[45110]] as 'RAF Biggin Hill' at [[Bridgnorth]] in September 1971.<ref name=SVR21>SVR News 21</ref> In 1972 he succeeded [[Bill Gillett]] as a Director and General Manager of the Guarantee Company, under the chairmanship of [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]].<ref name=SVR21/> He became Deputy Chairman of the Guarantee Company in 1973<ref>SVR News 27</ref> and acting Chairman in early 1975 in succession to Richard Dunn.
With the formation of [[SVR(H)]] in 1972, Hugh Mossop also became General Manager of that company,<ref>SVR News 26</ref> later also becoming a Director.
"General Managers Notes" are now a feature of [[Severn Valley Railway News|SVR News]] but under Hugh Mossop they appeared only occasionally and were mainly procedural instructions to members and volunteers. General information about the railway at that time was published as "Boardroom Notes" by another Director, normally David Mellor.
Hugh Mossop resigned as SVR General Manager at a Board meeting on 31 January 1976. He was succeeded by [[Michael Draper]]<ref>SVR News 38</ref>.
==See also==
*[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#General Manager|General Managers]]
==References==
<references/>
Hugh Mossop was present at the naming ceremony of [[45110]] as 'RAF Biggin Hill' at [[Bridgnorth]] in September 1971.<ref name=SVR21>SVR News 21</ref> In 1972 he succeeded [[Bill Gillett]] as a Director and General Manager of the Guarantee Company, under the chairmanship of [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]].<ref name=SVR21/> He became Deputy Chairman of the Guarantee Company in 1973<ref>SVR News 27</ref> and acting Chairman in early 1975 in succession to Richard Dunn.
With the formation of [[SVR(H)]] in 1972, Hugh Mossop also became General Manager of that company,<ref>SVR News 26</ref> later also becoming a Director.
"General Managers Notes" are now a feature of [[Severn Valley Railway News|SVR News]] but under Hugh Mossop they appeared only occasionally and were mainly procedural instructions to members and volunteers. General information about the railway at that time was published as "Boardroom Notes" by another Director, normally David Mellor.
Hugh Mossop resigned as SVR General Manager at a Board meeting on 31 January 1976. He was succeeded by [[Michael Draper]]<ref>SVR News 38</ref>.
==See also==
*[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#General Manager|General Managers]]
==References==
<references/>
