Born Scotland but brought up in Kent. His WW2 job involved defusing mines washed up on British beaches. Working in the Bridlington Bay area he defused a bomb and then put the fuse and detonator in his pocket for later examination. Walking through a local town he slipped on ice and the fall caused an explosion which killed him. See the Picture source for more information.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
T. L. Baskerville
Commemorated ati
National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
The National Archive BIS War Memorials has research about all the names on th...
Other Subjects
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
Naval officer.  Born Aberdeenshire.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death.  75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. Â
1 memorial
Adam brothers
The four Adam brothers: John (1721-1792, born Edinburgh), Robert - the important one, James and William, (1738-1822, suicide) together designed classical buildings. Father was an architect. Initial...
1 memorial
Frederick E. E. Schenck
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he moved to London in 1888. Often worked with the architect Henry Hare. Speel provides a lot of information including that Sche...
4 memorials
James Williamson
British film pioneer. Â Born in Fife, raised in Edinburgh. Â Came south as a master chemist. Became interested in photography and X-ray photography. Â 1896Â he introduced the first programme of films t...
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them