Workman, Clark and Company

[2] Both founders had family connections in the shipbuilding industry and had previously worked for Harland & Wolff.

[2] By 1895 it was the fourth largest shipbuilder in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[3] and by 1900 it was building transatlantic liners for major customers such as Cunard Line and Alfred Holt.

It expanded further to meet demand during the First World War and was acquired by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company in 1918.

[2] Frank Workman, then a Belfast city councillor, was a leading figure in the foundation in 1912 of the Young Citizen Volunteers (YCV).

From soon after its inception the YCV faced financial problems, and by early 1914 Workman was paying for the upkeep of the group from his own funds.