Herbert John Davey

Herbert John Davey ( -1942)

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1942 Obituary.

HERBERT JOHN DAVEY, M.B.E., sole proprietor of Messrs. Davey and Bell, inspecting engineers, died suddenly on December 13th, 1941, at Surbiton, Surrey. Born on October 31st, 1875, he left school at an early age and joined Messrs. David Kirkaldy & Son, where he received a sound technical and commercial training under the late Mr. David Kirkaldy, and, during over twenty years service with that firm, acquired a varied experience which was very valuable to him in later years. In 1914, after the death of Mr. Kirkaldy, he started his own practice as an inspecting engineer; after the outbreak of war he took a partner, Mr. A. E. Bell.

In 1915 Mr. Davey joined the staff of the Director of Inspection of Gun Ammunition (Technical) and remained in the Fuze Division until December, 1918; he was awarded the M.B.E. for his services. Shortly after the war the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Davey continued his work as an inspecting engineer. He was responsible for the workmanship and quality of materials in many well-known buildings, including, in recent years, the ‘‘ News of the World ” building in Bouverie Street, London, E.C., the Bankers Clearing House, King William Street, E.C., the Midland Bank, Manchester, and a number of aerodromes in different parts of the country. He also carried out a considerable amount of inspection work abroad for English companies and knew intimately every steelworks in Europe which carried on trade with Great Britain. In 1937, while still carrying on his own practice, he returned once more to the Fuze Division and remained there until his death.

Mr. Davey was one of the founder members of the Institution of Engineering Inspection (then the Technical Inspection Association), and was for many years a Member of the Council of that Institution and President for the years 1927-1928. He was also an early member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (then the Concrete Institute). Mr. Davey represented the British Iron and Steel Federation on a number of Committees of the British Standards Institution. He was elected a Member of The Iron and Steel Institute in 1939.

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