WASU - Waltham Abbey Superintendents

WASU Date Start Date End Role Description WASC WAI WAHN WATI Book

1	1779	1787	Comptroller	Captain Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet. Comptroller of the Mills. First person responsible for the site prior to purchase by the Government. Involved with improving production techniques until 09/02/1789. (1787-1812?)	559	111	209		1
2	11/10/1787	1805	Storekeeper	Mr James Wright (1). Appointed Storekeeper responsible for the site after purchase by the Government.	0
3	06/04/1805	1818	Storekeeper	Mr H S Matthews. Appointed Storekeeper responsible for the site.	0
4	1814	1826	Comptroller	Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet. Comptroller of the Mills. (succeeded his father, 1st Baronet)	26	2	8		1
5	20/01/1818	17/06/1825	Storekeeper	Mr E Middleton. Appointed Storekeeper responsible for the site. (died 17/06/1825)	0
6	29/06/1825	14/10/1831	Storekeeper	Mr C Wilks. Appointed Storekeeper responsible for the site.	0
7	15/10/1831	1832	Storekeeper	Mr James Wright (2) appointed Deputy Storekeeper responsible for the site.	0
8	13/10/1832	01/07/1840	Inspector of Gunpowder	Lieutenant Colonel C T Moody CRE. In charge of the Royal Gunpowder Manufactory.	0				1
9	02/07/1840	1845	Inspector of Gunpowder	Lieutenant Colonel C T Moody CRE. Inspector of Gunpowder responsible for the site.	0				1
10	27/11/1845	30/06/1852	Inspector of Gunpowder	Captain Alexander T Tulloh RA. Inspector of Gunpowder responsible for the site.	119	44
11	01/07/1852	14/02/1854	Inspector of Gunpowder	Major C Collingwood Dickson RA. Inspector of Gunpowder responsible for the site.	120	45	230		1
12	02/1854	03/1854	Inspector of Gunpowder	Capt W Henderson RA. Acting Inspector of Gunpowder responsible for the site.	0
13	04/1854	1855	Inspector of Gunpowder	Colonel William Harrison Askwith RA. Acting Inspector of Gunpowder responsible for the site.	121	46			1
14	18/08/1855	26/02/1868	Superintendent	Colonel William Harrison Askwith RA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site. The first to be given the title Superintendent.	121	46			1
15	27/02/1868	31/03/1875	Superintendent	Colonel C W Younghusband RA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site.	123	47	202
16	01/04/1875	25/05/1875	Superintendent	Lieutenant Colonel Young RA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site. (died 25/05/1875).	0
17	26/05/1875	28/06/1875	Superintendent	Captain Morgan RA. Appointed Acting Superintendent responsible for the site.	0
18	29/06/1875	30/06/1880	Superintendent	Colonel Robert J Hay KCB. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site.	124	48	203
19	01/07/1880	30/06/1885	Superintendent	Colonel C B BrackenburyRA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site.	125	49			1
20	01/07/1885	17/05/1892	Superintendent	Major General W H Noble. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site. (died 17/05/1892)	126	50			1
21	01/04/1892	30/09/1892	Superintendent	Major F W J Barker RA. Appointed Acting Superintendent during Major General Noble's illness.	0
22	01/10/1892	13/07/1894	Superintendent	Lieutenant Colonel W McClintock RA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site.	127	51
23	31/05/1894	26/07/1894	Superintendent	Major Frederick Lewis Nathan RA. Appointed Acting Superintendent responsible for the site.	129	53
24	27/07/1894	20/01/1900	Superintendent	Colonel J B Ormsby. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site.	128	52
25	21/01/1900	04/08/1909	Superintendent	Bt Colonel Sir Frederick L Nathan Knt RA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site. Later appointed Superintendent responsible for the RG & SA Factories - 08/02/1909 to 04/08/1909.	129	53	40		1
26	06/08/1909	14/12/1917	Superintendent	Major Francis Torriano Fisher RA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the RG & SA Factories.	130	54	258		1
27	15/12/1917	11/07/1934	Superintendent	Lieutenant Colonel P H Evans RA. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site.	131	55
28	12/07/1934	31/07/1939	Superintendent	Dr R C Bowden OBE PhD MSc FIC MI ChemE FCS. First civilian to be appointed Superintendent responsible for the site. Beginning of winding down of RGPF.	132	56	229
29	01/08/1939	31/12/1943	Superintendent	Mr P G Knapman MBE BSc FIC. Appointed Superintendent responsible for the site. Later, ADOF 1944-1950.	133	57	201
30	01/01/1944	28/07/1945	Superintendent	Mr R F Smith BSc ARIC AMI ChemE. Appointed Managing Chemist responsible for the site until formal closure as an Ordnance Factory on 28/07/1945. (picture from WASC-1311)	2316	642
31	1945	1946	Superintendent	Dr F J Wilkins. Chief Superintendent of CRDD.	134	58
32	1946	1949	Superintendent	Dr H J Poole CBE. Chief Superintendent of ERDE.	135	59
33	1950	1954	Superintendent	Dr C H Johnson CBE. Chief Superintendent of ERDE.	942	206
34	07/1954	12/1957	Superintendent	Mr L T D Williams CMG. Director of ERDE.	943	207
35	01/1958	05/1959	Superintendent	Mr A Brewin OBE. Acting Director of ERDE.	959	210
36	01/06/1959	12/11/1959	Superintendent	Mr W H Wheeler CMG. Director of ERDE.	749	639
37	1959	1964	Superintendent	Dr C H Johnson CBE. Director of ERDE.	942	206
38	06/1964	09/1976	Superintendent	Dr L J. Bellamy CBE. Director of ERDE.	944	208
39	10/1976	05/1980	Superintendent	Dr F H Panton MBE. Director of PERME. Head of RME.	960	211
40	07/1980	03/1984	Superintendent	Dr B H Newman. Director of PERME. Head of RME.	958	209
41	1984	1988	Superintendent	Dr Alan J Owen. Director.	2213	634
42	03/1988	06/1991	Superintendent	Dr Geoffrey Hooper. Director until June 1991 when the site formally closed.	2214	635
43	01/01/1974		Divisional Superintendent	Gordon K Adams. Superintendent Materials N/S & S/S	1842	4, 5, 107		01/12/1993
44	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Ron P Ayherst . Superintendent Chemical Engineering	1981	244		01/03/1995
45	01/01/1974		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Cyril A Beck. Superintendent Explosives N/S	1842	4, 1017, 1311, 1511
46	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Dr S W Bell. Superintendent Propellants 1	1981	1311,1348, 1506
47	01/07/1990		Divisional Superintendent	Dr D Bent Superintendent NP1 Hazard Assessment	1842
48	01/07/1990		Divisional Superintendent	Dr J A Burgess. Superintendent EC4 Inter Services Research Group	1842
49	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Ron Campbell. Superintendent Inter Services Research Group S/S	1981	270		01/03/1997
50	01/01/1974		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Dave G Davies.	1842	244		01/12/1993
51	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Les Dingle. Superintendent Propellants Research	1981	4,140,546, 1311
52	08/07/1966		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Ivan Dunstan. Superintendent Analytical Services	421	1257, 1348, 1506
53	01/01/1974		Divisional Superintendent	Phil R Freeman. Supintendent Propellants 2	1842	107, 644,1494, 1636		01/01/1937
54	08/07/1966		Divisional Superintendent	Jim Gordon. Superintendent Materials 2 N/S	421	107, 644
55	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Brian L Hollingsworth. Superintendent Non Metallic Materials 1	1981	174, 1012, 1311
56	01/01/1974		Divisional Superintendent	Dr John M Jenkins. Superintendent Propellants 2	1842	443, 1118, 1511
57	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Colin G Lawson. Superintendent Propellants 1	1981	1348, 1506		01/06/2000
58	01/07/1990		Divisional Superintendent	Dr T J Lewis. Superintendent NP4 Polymeric Materials & Synthetic Chemistry	1981
59	08/07/1966		Divisional Superintendent	Dr A L Lovecy. Superintendent SE1 Explosives and Intermediates N/S	421	107, 557, 644
60	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Colin C A G Meek. Superintendent Inter Services Research Group S/S	1981	1482
61	01/05/1962		Divisional Superintendent	Norman J Parratt. Superintendent Whiskers S/S	1981
62	01/07/1990		Divisional Superintendent	Dr S Pike. Superintendent NP2 Propellants	1842
63	08/07/1966		Divisional Superintendent	R G Ross. Superintendent Chemical Engineering	421	644
64	01/05/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Dave Sims	1981	174, 192, 621, 1226, 1565
65	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Graham Spickernell. Superintendent Propellants 2	1981
66			Divisional Superintendent	Dr Dave Tisley. Superintendents Propellants 2	0	1017, 1289		01/06/2005
67	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	John R C Vernon. Superintendent Internal Services Research Group S/S	1981			01/12/1994
68	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	H Warburton Hall. Superintendent Materials N/S	1981	107, 174, 644
69	08/07/1966		Divisional Superintendent	E George Whitbread. Superintendent Explosives 2	421	107, 407, 452, 644, 1017, 1486		01/12/1992
70	08/07/1966		Divisional Superintendent	Dr Ray L Williams. Superintendent Materials 1	421	107, 644,1148, 1294, 1348
71	08/07/1966		Divisional Superintendent	Dr W G Williams. Superintendent Propellants 1	421	107, 644, 1348
72	01/01/1951		Divisional Superintendent	L A Wiseman. Superintendent Propellant Research 2	1947
73	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Dr G Harold S Young. Superintendent Propellants inc Liquid N/S & S/S	1981	107, 207, 1257, 1275, 1311, 1348, 1506, 1509
74	01/07/1961		Divisional Superintendent	Hans Ziebland. Superintendent Propellant Research Chemical Engineering	1981	1257, 1275, 1505