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Lieutenant Colonel Merryn J P O'Gorman

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  • Trench-Foote said:
    Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman. He was the son of Edmund A O'Gorman of Harrogate. Mervyn was born in Ireland, then educated at Downside before going to University College Dublin, and from there in 1891 to the City and Guilds Central Institution in London to study Electrical Engineering He worked extensively in the electrical cabling industry - on projects with the Fowler Waring Cabling Company in Ostend, Grenoble and Paris as well as on the installation of electrical supplies in Britain. He was recruited into the 'aircraft' industry when on the Board of the glass manufacturers Pilkingtons, by R B Haldane, the Secretary of State for War, and appointed Superintendent of the Royal Balloon Factory at Farnborough in 1909 where airships were being constructed. Before the outbreak of war, from 1909-1913, under Mervyn O'Gorman's superintendence serious 'heavier than air' experimentation to develop 'military aircraft' was conducted - and, amongst other pioneering engineers, he brought Geoffrey de Haviland to the factory. Aircraft were designed in two broad types - 'pushers' with rear mounted propellors (FE 1), and 'tractors' with forward mounted propellors (SE 1 and BE1). In 1913, O'Gorman was made a Commander of the Order of the Bath, CB. In 1915 the catastrophic losses of ponderous and frequently unarmed British BE2c aircraft on the Western Front, outperformed and outflown by German Fokker Eindecker E1, resulted in a Parliamentary enquiry. What became known as The Air Enquiry published its findings in June 1916 and Mervyn O'Gorman, a man of principle, resigned from the Royal Aircraft Factory. He continued to act as a consultant engineer to the Director-General of Military Aviation for the rest of the war. In 1919 Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman held his commission in the Royal Flying Corps. After the war O'Gorman was Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Chairman of the Air Accident Investigation Committee, and of the Civil Air Transport Committee. He also worked with the League of Nations Air Transportation Committee. A keen automobile enthusiast, as Vice-Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club he proposed a handbook of motoring rules which was later adopted by the government and first published in 1931 as The Highway Code. Mervyn O'Gorman was also interested in the development of colour photography. He died on 16th March 1958 at his home at 21 Embankment Gardens, Chelsea, London, aged 76.
  • National Science and Media Museum said:
    Hello Just thought I'd let you know that one of our curators, Colin Harding, has selected this photograph as his February Flickr Favourite on our blog. - Emma
  • Denise Jackson said:
    National Probate Calendar shows that he died on 16th March 1958 at 21 Embankment Gardens, Chelsea. Estate valued at £163,224. The 1911 census shows him at this address aged 39 and described as Superintendent HM Balloon Factory & Consulting Engineer. He had been married for 13 years to Frances Catherine O'Gorman (aged 57) and they had no children. National Probate Calendar shows his wife's name as Florence Catharine. She predeceased him in 1931.
  • Charlotte Czyzyk said:
    Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/
  • terry grace said:
    Did O'Gorman learn to fly?

Captain G W A Alexander

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Rifleman Henry James Braddick

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  • Moominpappa06 said:
    BRADDICK, HENRY JAMES Rank:………………………………….Rifleman Service No:………………………….653293 Date of Death:………………………08/10/1916 Age:…………………………………..22 Regiment:……………………………London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 1st/21st Bn. Panel Reference……………………Pier and Face 13 C. Memorial……………………………..THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Mrs. H. L. Braddick, of 4, Mawbey St., South Lambeth, London. CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/767249/BRADDICK,%20HE... Soldiers who Died in the Great War records him as born Clapham and resident South Lambeth. He was soldier 653292 London Regiment. The Medal Index card for Private 653293 Henry J Braddick, 21st London Regiment, is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/3/27642 . He had previously been Private 6821 in the same unit. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1... Census On the 1901 census the 6 year old Henry J, born Lambeth, was recorded at 41 Dawlish Street, Lambeth. This was the household of his parents, Henry J, (aged 38 and a Railway Horsekeeper from Honiton, Devon) and Harriet L, (aged 34 and from Lambeth). As well as young Henry, their other children are:- Albert A…………………….aged 5…………born Lambeth Ernest W…………………..aged 4……….born Lambeth. Also living with them is Henrys widowed paternal Grandmother, Mary L Braddick, (aged 69 and from Honiton, Devon) and one of his cousins, Annie Braddick, (aged 7 and from Lambeth). The Braddicks appear to have disappeared completely from the 1911 census. On the day Sunday 8th October 1916. Day 100 Eaucourt L’Abbaye 1/21st and 1/22nd Bns, London Regt (142 Bde, 47th Div) unsuccessfully attacked Snag Trench. 1/22nd Bn did manage to establish posts on the Eaucourt L’Abbaye to Warlencourt road, linking with 23rd forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?9058-The-Som... On the 8th October the Battalion were in rough trenches immediately North of the monastery of Eaucort L'Abbaye the 24th Londons were on the right of the Battalion and the 23rd Londons on the Left. The original plan was to make a surprise attack on the German positions but this was changed at the last minute and a heavy bombardment preceeded the assault. As a result, the Germans were fully alert and resistance was strong. The battalion only managed to move forward by 200 -300 yards and was forced to "dig in" and wait for more favourable conditions. However, they were relieved by the 1st South African brigade on the 9th October and the Battalion moved back to rest positions at Mametz Wood. 1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34549
  • rosyjess said:
    I've found them in the 1911. It's horribly transcribed! They were by then at 37 Dawlish Street in Lambeth, and Louisa, by now a widow, is living with the three boys and her mother. Henry was a builder's clerk. Henry was born on July 2nd and baptised on August 9th 1894 at St. Barnabus in Lambeth. There was another brother, Leonard, but he died as a baby. 1911 Census supports that. SDitGW also states that he was formerly 2752, East Surrey Regt.
  • Moominpappa06 said:
    rosyjess Thanks for tracking them down - I was beginning to wonder if I had the wrong Henry and the family I'd found on the 1901 census had emigrated :-)
  • Rheya Baird said:
    Henry is my 1st cousin 3x removed. His mum Harriet Louisa Braddick (nee Lovelock) is my 2nd great grand aunt. Harriet married a Henry James braddick on 2nd July 1893 in Lambeth.

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