Herbert Gladstone McDavid

Biography

Sir Herbert Gladstone "Mac" McDavid CBE MSM (1898–1966) was from Liverpool, UK. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the First World War. He ultimately became chairman, managing director and partner of shipping companies (Glen Line, Alfred Holt & Co), deputy director of sea transport in the UK Ministry of War Transport during the Second World War and was knighted for organising shipping during the Suez Crisis in 1956.

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