On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. Maxwell Stanley Macaulay: 7th May Graduate 1907; Associate Member 1913. Irrigation Engineer, Zifta Circle of Irrigation, Egypt. Second Lieutenant, BA, Lothians and Border Horse. Died in Palestine. 1918 Obituary Lieut. MAXWELL STANLEY MACAULAY, Lothians and Border Horse, was born at Strathpeffer, Scotland, on 4th July 1887, and was educated at Daniel Stewart’s … Continue reading ON THIS DAY
On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. George Leonard Andrews: 3rd May Associate Member 1909; Member 1911. Chief Engineer, Para Electric Railways & Lighting Co, Brazil. Captain, Royal Garrison Artillery, 76th Siege Battery. 1919 Obituary Captain GEORGE LEONARD ANDREWS, R.G. A., was born in Calcutta on 12th November 1874. He was educated at Wesley College, Sheffield, and at the … Continue reading ON THIS DAY
On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. William Kingo Armstrong: 11th April Graduate 1913. Student, Municipal School of Technology Manchester. Captain, South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion. Killed in action. 1918 Obituary Captain WILLIAM KINGO ARMSTRONG, S. Lancashire Regiment, was born at Eccles, Manchester, on 22nd November 1891. He received his early education at St. Anne’s-on-Sea, afterwards entering the Manchester … Continue reading ON THIS DAY
On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. Douglas Roy Dilworth Harrison: 26th March Associate Member 1912. Mechanical Engineer, Prince Line Steamships. Sergeant, Royal Fusiliers; then 2nd Lieutenant/Assistant Adjutant Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action. 1918 Obituary Sec.-Lieut. DOUGLAS ROY DILWORTH HARRISON, Durham Light Infantry, was born at Burnley on 11th February 1883. He was educated at Burnley Grammar School … Continue reading ON THIS DAY
On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. Dudley Adams: 21st March Graduate 1911; Associate Member 1918. Engineer, Adams & Co. Educated in Sydney. Captain, Royal Field Artillery/ Royal Garrison Artillery, 130th Heavy Battery. Joined 1915. Killed in action, France. 1918 Obituary Captain DUDLEY ADAMS, R.G.A., was born in Sydney on 2nd November 1890, being the elder son of W. … Continue reading ON THIS DAY
This week marks 100 years since (some) women got the vote in this country. It is also 100 years since a woman first presented a paper at the Institution. Olive Monkhouse talked about The Employment of Women in Munitions Factories. World War I brought with it a huge increase in demand for munitions, at the same time the workforce was reduced by men signing up … Continue reading EMPOWERING WOMEN
On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. Gordon Porter Cable: 2nd January Associate Member 1913. Acting Deputy Executive Engineer, Bombay. Captain, Indian Army, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Jaipur Transport Corps. Indian national. Institution First World War Honour Roll Members log in to Ancestry, via our Virtual Library, to access membership records for free. Archives, Institution of Mechanical Engineering Save Continue reading ON THIS DAY
On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. Percy Cuthbert Douglass Douglass: 10th December Graduate 1907; Associate Member 1912. Resident Engineer, Buckie Harbour Extention Works. Flight Commander, Royal Naval Air Force, 2 Wing Stravros (Pilot). Killed in Sopwith Strutter No N5618, crash landing after combat over Imbros. Observer Lieutenant W Hinsley injured. 1918 Obituary Flight-Commander PERCY CUTHBERT DOUGLASS DOUGLASS, R.N.A.S., … Continue reading ON THIS DAY
On this day, 100 years ago an IMechE member was killed in action. Arthur Norman Cousin: 7th December Graduate 1912. Student Demonstrator in Applied Mathematics, UCL. Captain (Adjutant), York and Lancashire Regiment, 12th Battalion. Killed in action, France. 1918 Obituary Captain ARTHUR NORMAN COUSIN, York and Lancaster Regiment, was born in London on 8th May 1891. His early education was received at the High School, … Continue reading ON THIS DAY
Andrew Davidson’s grandfather, Fred, took into the trenches with him a foldable camera. The small, portable, foldable camera was one of the great advances in technology that followed the Edwardian era. For young men obsessed with the latest ‘gadgets’ in an age of invention – motorbikes, cars, planes – it became an affordable must-have, with its ability to take snapshots quickly on small rolls of … Continue reading PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE TRENCHES
