John Poland Bowen
Sir John Poland Bowen (1886-1955), engineer-in-chief of the Corporation of Trinity House.
1886 Born the son of John Bowen
1955 Obituary [1]
We regret to record the death of Sir John Bowen, which occurred suddenly on Friday last, March 4th, at his home in Portsmouth Road, Kingston-on-Thames. He was formerly engineer-in-chief of the Corporation of Trinity House, from which position he retired three years ago.
Sir John, who was born in 1886, was the son of the late Mr. John Bowen, borough engineer of Reading.
He was educated at Westminster School and graduated in the University of London.
During the first world war, Sir John served in France with the Royal Engineers, and following his demobilisation he joined the engineering staff of Trinity House. He spent the remainder of his professional career there, being appointed to the position of engineer-in-chief in 1924.
Sir John was created C.B.E. in 1945, and the honour of Knight Bachelor was conferred upon him in 1952, following his retirement from Trinity House at the beginning of that year. For many years, Sir John contributed a chapter on "Channel Demarcation" to Kempe's Engineer's Year-Book.