Newman Memorial Prize

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The Newman Memorial Prize was an annual award of "books, scientific instruments, etc.", which was conferred on the Officer R.N., qualifying for Engineering duty, who scored highest in the Examination in Practical Engineering held on the completion of his original course of specialising in Engineering.

The prize was endowed by the interest earned by a Fund of about 400 pounds established in memory of the late Mr. Edward Newman, R.N., who died whilst serving as Chief Engineer of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.[1]

It was not awarded for a number of years during the war, presenting the Admiralty in 1920 with a choice of how to proceed with the accumulated monies. The result seems to be that prizes were issued to men in different groups (Keyham vs. Greenwich).[2] There would be a similar confusion in 1925-26, resulting in a skipped year and a double award.[3]

Recipients

In 1939, an asterisk appearing after the name of an Engineer Officer in the Navy List indicated that he had won the award. N.B.: an asterisk after the name of an officer in the Military Branch indicated he had won the Beaufort Testimonial prior to creation of the Wharton Testimonial, and an asterisk after a Medical Officer indicated he had won the Gilbert Blane Medal.[4]

Year Recipient Notes
1885 Francis Henry Lister[5]
YEAR Archie Russell Emdin
YEAR Arthur Robert Grant
YEAR James Mountifield
YEAR Henry Francis Bell
YEAR James Maxwell
YEAR Walter Rudolph Parnall
1895 Edward Robert Amor[6]
YEAR William Floyd Rabbidge
1898 George Reginald Martin[7]
YEAR George William Baldwin
YEAR Bertram Harvey
YEAR George Preece
YEAR William Frederick Paffett
YEAR Colin John Gray
YEAR Frederick Richard Gordon Turner
YEAR George Bennett Allen
c. 1919 Edward Reginald Wallwyn James
c. 1920 John Benson Sidgwick[8]
c. 1920 Louis Percival Mounsey Milner[9]
c. 1920 William Geoffrey Cowland[10]
1921 John Edward Saunders[11]
1922 Hubert Southwood Harrison[12]
1923 Geoffrey Arthur Dyson Cooper[13]
1924 Arthur Douglas Bonny[14]
c. 1926 Alexander Davidson McGlashan[15]
c. 1926 William Kenneth Weston[16]
1926-27 Thomas James Turner[17]
1927-28 Guy Austin Moore Wilson[18]
1928-29 David Walter Herbert Coughlin[19]
YEAR Horatio Alick Kintore Lay
1931-32 Antony Geoffrey Jamison[20]
1932-33 Ian Gerald Aylen[21]
1933-34 Terence Birley Yates[22]
1934-35 George Haddon Chambers[23]
1935-36 John Peter Sandbrook[24]
1936-37 Richard Lesingham Edmonds[25]
1937-38 Brian Selby Harvey[26]
YEAR Peter Trevredyn Hoath
YEAR William Basil Stead
YEAR George Francis Allan Trewby

See Also

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 2333.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 28, 1920; pg. 4; Issue 42501.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 17, 1925; pg. 6; Issue 44095.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. xvi.
  5. ↑ "Obituary." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 27, 1918, Issue 41879, p.9.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, February 24, 1896, Issue 34821, p.6.
  7. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/130/178. f. 176.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 28, 1920; pg. 4; Issue 42501.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 12, 1920; pg. 14; Issue 42539.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 12, 1920; pg. 14; Issue 42539.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 26, 1921; pg. 5; Issue 42861.
  12. ↑ "Newman Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 30, 1922; pg. 11; Issue 43150.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 10, 1923; pg. 5; Issue 43468.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 25, 1924; pg. 4; Issue 43792.
  15. ↑ "Newman Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 30, 1926; pg. 6; Issue 44416.
  16. ↑ "Newman Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 30, 1926; pg. 6; Issue 44416.
  17. ↑ "Newman Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 28, 1927; pg. 20; Issue 44698.
  18. ↑ "Newman Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 26, 1928; pg. 8; Issue 45034.
  19. ↑ "Newman Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 04, 1929; pg. 20; Issue 45377.
  20. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 18, 1932; pg. 21; Issue 46267.
  21. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 13, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46600.
  22. ↑ "Award of Newman Prize." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 22, 1934; pg. 24; Issue 46891.
  23. ↑ "Engineering Prizes." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 05, 1935; pg. 18; Issue 47187.
  24. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 24, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47514.
  25. ↑ "Memorial Prizes." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 06, 1937; pg. 18; Issue 47835.
  26. ↑ "Newman Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 17, 1938; pg. 19; Issue 48180.
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