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Auld, Alexander C S
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Alexander Cosmo Smith Auld was born in 1888. He studied architecture at The Glasgow School of Art from 1908 to 1913 under Eugene Bourdon. In 1914 he enlisted voluntarily, joining the Gordon Highlanders regiment. He moved to London after the war where he worked as a senior assistant with Sir Herbert Baker until transferring to the Miner's Welfare Commission (MWC). In 1951 he moved to Scotland to work for the Scottish Division of the MWC, where he worked on designs for a number of projects including pithead baths, medical centres, canteens, and recreational centres. He died in Kent in 1969. Auld is listed in the School's World War One Roll of Honour. Please get in touch
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