Edward de Wykersley Swyft Colver
Edward de Wykersley Swyft Colver (1889- )
1919 Writes from London WC1
1922 D.Met., F.C.S., A.I.A.E., M.Inst.Met., etc., Chemical Engineer, Calverthorpe Manor, near Stubbington, Hampshire. T. N.: Gosport 186. b. 1889. Ed. University of Sheffield and Royal Technical High School of Berlin. Bursar and Research Scholar to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851; Research Demonstrator in the University of Sheffield. Publications: "High Explosives " (Crosby, Lockwood and Son, 1918); Articles on Ammunition, Explosives and Technical Warfare for magazines. Various papers before Iron and Steel Institute, Faraday Society, etc. War Services.—Lieutenant T.F., prior to the war. Mobilised August 4, 1914, and served with regiment, King's Own (Yorks L.I. ), until seconded for duty with Ministry of Munitions, January 20, 1916. Superintendent of Research, No. o National Filling Factory; Officer in charge of trials of High Explosives, Technical Section, Ministry of Munitions of War; Laboratory Manager, Royal Naval Ordnance Depot, Portsmouth District. Now Captain.