Born 13 Bedford Square, son of Halsey Ricardo. Mechanical engineer specialising in developing the internal combustion petrol and diesel engine. Died King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, following a fall at home.
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Sir Harry Ricardo
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Sir Harry Ricardo
English Heritage Sir Harry Ricardo, 1885 - 1974, mechanical engineer was bor...
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George Croydon Marks
Engineer and politician. Born in Eltham. He was apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. In 1882 he joined Tangye Ltd in Birmingham and became head of the lifting-machinery department and an exp...
1 memorial
Edward Charles Dodd
The Junior 3rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website that (in April 2022) incorrectly gives his age as 39 years at the time of his deat...
1 memorial
Sir Ambrose Fleming
Electrical engineer. Born John Ambrose Fleming in a house named Greenfield in Lancaster. Best known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube. He was also an accomplished photographer...
1 memorial
Road Research Laboratory
Established by the British government. During World War II it contributed to the war effort with research that aided the development of plastic armour and the bouncing bomb used in the Dambusters R...
1 memorial
Maxim Gun
The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
1 memorial
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Private J. S. Bushell
Added to the Teddington memorial with the "Additional names 1915 - 1918".
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Civil Engineer, born Hacqueville, Normandy, France. Educated in France, but forced to flee to the United States after publicly predicting the demise of Robespierre. He submitted a design for the Ca...
6 memorials
Field-Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Garnet Joseph
Field Marshal. Born Dublin. Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean War. Led the attempt to relieve Khartoum. 1895 - 1900 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The very model of the 'Mod...
Person, Armed Forces, Africa, Burma, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Crimea, France, India, Ireland
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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