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Daniel West Milford (3 December 1876''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 10 September 1950) was a Welsh trade unionist. Born in Cardiff, Milford worked as a docker. He joined the
Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers Union (DWRGLU), often known as the Dockers' Union, was a British trade union representing dock workers in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1887 as the Tea Operatives and Gen ...
around the turn of the century, and served as its president from 1913. The dockers' union became part of the Transport and General Workers' Union, and from 1929 Milford served as secretary of its Docks Group, soon additionally becoming secretary of the union's Waterways Group. Milford retired in 1941, but remained involved with the industry, in 1943 serving on a committee investigating the handling of explosives by dockers. He died in Essex in 1950.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Milford, Dan 1876 births 1950 deaths Trade unionists from Cardiff